[Info-vax] VMS-based distributed computing project?

[Bob Koehler]

In article <b4f28125-86e0-4d74-8d73-f0b770def097 at googlegroups.com>, Steven Schweda <sms.antinode at gmail.com> writes:
>     Back in '06, I tried to get the (then) new BOINC code to
> work on VMS, without much success.  The C RTL lacked (and, I
> believe still lacks) support for the UNIX shared memory
> functions and UNIX sockets.  On top of that, on Alpha, the
> C++ standard library IOStreams was built with support for
> only G_FLOAT, making it useless for software which demands
> IEEE FP.

   BOINC was a reaplcement for an eariler effort, which did run
   on Alpha under VMS.  IIRC, the investigators have safeguards
   to prevent thier servers from accepeting data from any but
   thier own certified binaries.  And they think there are too few
   Alpha running VMS to put thier effort into certification.