a small example

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@@ -44,14 +44,21 @@ The SimGrid toolkit is composed of different modules :
 \li GRAS (<em>not functionnal yet</em>) is an ongoing project to emulate virtual virtual platforms
     through SURF. As a consequence a code developped using the GRAS
     framework is able to run as well in the real-world as in the
 \li GRAS (<em>not functionnal yet</em>) is an ongoing project to emulate virtual virtual platforms
     through SURF. As a consequence a code developped using the GRAS
     framework is able to run as well in the real-world as in the

-    simulator. If you intend to use MSG in a very intensive way
-    (e.g. for simulating a peer-to-peer environment), you may want to
-    switch to GRAS.
+    simulator. The resulting code is very portable and highly interoperable while 
+    remaining very efficient. Even if you do not plan to run your code for real, 
+    you may want to switch to GRAS if you intend to use MSG in a very intensive way
+    (e.g. for simulating a peer-to-peer environment).

 
 \li SMPI (<em>not functionnal yet</em>) is an ongoing project to enable MPI code to run on top of a
     virtual platform through SURF. It follows the same principle as
     the ones used in GRAS but is specific to MPI applications.
 
 
 \li SMPI (<em>not functionnal yet</em>) is an ongoing project to enable MPI code to run on top of a
     virtual platform through SURF. It follows the same principle as
     the ones used in GRAS but is specific to MPI applications.
 

+Here is a figure the depicts the relation between those different modules.
+<center>
+\image html simgrid_modules.jpg
+</center>
+
+

 The section \ref publications contains links to papers that provide
 additional details on the project as well as validation and
 experimental results.
 The section \ref publications contains links to papers that provide
 additional details on the project as well as validation and
 experimental results.