24 Mar
2006
24 Mar
'06
12:42 p.m.
On 3/18/06, Dan Williams <williams.dan at gmail.com> wrote:
Probably not. I don't think any of the d.net code uses floating
point. Might have more to do with the limitations of VAX/VMS C
compilers and their libraries. The newer versions of SETI at home might
be more amenable to a non-IEEE FP version. Anyone who want to is
welcome to attempt a port (download the most recent SETI at home enhanced
tarball from http://setiweb.ssl.berkeley.edu/sah/seti_source/nightly/
and boinc from boinc.berkeley.edu). Of course it's all autoconf so
without a VMS version of bash, you'll have fun editing you own make
scripts.
Eric
I would *love* to see a VMS/VAX client, and to my knowledge
there are several VAXen on the net now doing not so much at any given
moment. Do any of you VMS gurus have time and inclination to combine
the VMS/Alpha and the NetBSD/VAX clients and let us put VMS/VAX on
the charts?
I don't know if it's for the same reason but seti never had a Vax
client because of a lack of iee floating point (from the faq).