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Modularity - Each node in the tree can be either a leaf node or a
router that is the parent for two more nodes. The protocol is the
same for either configuration. In fact, the router has no way of
knowing whether its child is a leaf or not. This modularity enables
trivial reconfiguration and expansion of any particular
implementations as desired ot increase performance as needed.
The use of a message-passing protocol for communications makes each
leaf independant of the others. Leaves of different speeds or even
processor architectures can co-exist in the same implementation
.