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dist[initialize]: Initialize a Session

dist[initialize](machineList)

This call initializes a distributed Maple session by starting remote processes and establishing the corresponding network connections. Each element of machineList is a list [machine, type] where machine is the domain name (or numeric Internet address) of a machine and type is the corresponding key in dist.systems that describes how to contact this machine. If machineList is the empty list, only the current Maple is subsequently employed.

If the connection to some machine fails, the other connections are nevertheless established. If a previous session is active, then that session is terminated before the new session is established.

See also dist[initializep].

> dist[initialize]([[deneb, solaris], 
                    [iris.risc.uni-linz.ac.at, irix]]);
Connecting deneb...
connecting iris.risc.uni-linz.ac.at...
                                     okay