Let's connect the Tcl computers of the world!
What is the Ants project?
It is effectively an open, grass-root effort to build a grid computing network around services built in Tcl.
What: Ants
Where: http://www.fishpool.com/~setok/ants/
Description: Ants is a generic system for running any kind of distributed
code, intended to replace application-specific systems like the one
used by SETI@home. The idea is to be able to write scripts with areas
defined to be run on the Ants network. These script fragments can then
communicate with the original script by passing messages. The server
admin can specify which libraries scripts are allowed to load. In
addition to that, by configuring the system and attaching more scripts
to it, it can be a valuable system administration framework for both
small and large networks.
Currently at version 1.0 .
Updated: 02/2003
Contact: See web siteAnts has a server component (acting as an application) and a client library that can be used to enable use of the distribution process.
Lars H: Interesting! I have a scientific problem (basically solving a huge equation system by breadth-first search) that could have use for this, although it might be using a bit more memory (a couple of 10MB) than servers find comfortable.
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