Basic HTML version of Foils prepared 17 November 98
| 1 | Send specifies buffer to be transmitted and receiving process |
| 2 | Receive specifies sending process and application storage to receive into |
| 3 | Memory to memory copy, but need to name processes |
| 4 | Optional tag on send and matching rule on receive |
| 5 | User process names local data and entities in process/tag space too |
| 6 | In simplest form, the send/recv match achieves pairwise synch event but also collective communication |
| 7 | Many overheads: copying, buffer management, protection |