Quickstart guide for compiling PALM with palmbuild

Introduction

PALM can be run in different modes:

• interactive mode | PALM executes (almost) immediately within your terminal session after entering the palmrun command.
• batch mode | PALM job is submitted by palmrun to a queuing/batch system (e.g. PBS, ...), where it is scheduled for execution.

A batch system is a must-have on high-performance computers, and a nice-to-have for computers that are shared among a larger number of users. The handling of PALM differs between interactive and batch mode, and it slightly varies, depending if the PALM job is submitted to the