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Why might you choose gloo over nccl?

Gloo is a collective communication library that supports CPU-based operations. It is useful in environments where GPUs are not available, such as local debugging or CI/CD pipelines. However, for any production workload involving GPUs, NCCL is the standard and correct choice due to its optimization for GPU hardware and high-speed interconnects.

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