According to the cluster documentation, you can either define data nodes with:

[ndbd]
NodeId=n
HostName=1.2.3.4

or

[ndbd]
NodeId=n
ExecuteOnComputer=m

[computer]
Id=m
HostName=1.2.3.4

I don't see a substantial difference between the two. The documentation has this to say:

The [computer] section has no real significance other than serving as a way to avoid the need of defining host names for each node in the system.

I'm stumped. If I have to define a hostname, what benefit is there to defining it in [computer] instead of [ndbd]?