| Developer | Brendan Kosowski |
|---|---|
| Released | September 23, 2004 (age 22) |
| Latest release version | 1.2 |
| Latest release date | September 5, 2019 (age 7) |
| Operating system | Linux & BSD |
| Language | Steel Bank Common Lisp |
| Genre | Grid Computing |
| License | Permissive software license |
| Website | grid.bmk.com.au |
Simple Grid Protocol is a free open source grid computing package. Developed & maintained by Brendan Kosowski, the package includes the protocol & software tools needed to get a computational grid up and running on Linux & BSD.
Coded in SBCL (Steel Bank Common Lisp), Simple Grid Protocol allows computer programs to utilize the unused CPU resources of other computers on a network or the Internet.
As of version 1.2, Simple Grid Protocol can execute multiple programming threads on multiple computers concurrently. Custom multi-threading functions (utilizing operating system threads) for Linux & BSD allow multi-threading on single-thread SBCL implementations. Originally coded in CLISP, version 1.2 included the change to SBCL coding.
BSD Operating Systems supported include FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD & DragonFly BSD.
An optional XML interface allows any XML capable programming language to send Lisp programs to the grid for execution.