This very simple assignment will show you how to use the container image we have prepared for you and to set up the environment for your homeworks and submissions. You will need the following:

• The HW0 handout.
• The Docker Desktop application.
• The Docker container run script.

Please follow the instructions in the handout to set up your programming enviroment. You are not required to code in the container, but you must successfully compile and test your solution in the container before submitting. The provided container will be the official environment for grading all the homework assignments.

This assignment – a simple parallel sorting program – will give you some hands-on experience with concurrency and its impact on application performance, as well as with several basic UNIX primitives. You will need the HW1 handout, as well as some framework code to get started, as described in the handout. You should continue using the ontainer you installed for Homework 0 to test your solution before submission.

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