...To that effect, the server is implemented in PHP with few external dependencies to ensure that this can be run on even the leanest of web hosts.
The project includes the related tools from FreeMarker templates (used to generate RPC glue code) to the PHP "compiler" (static inlining of PHP includes in order to reduce runtime search overhead).
Poor Man's HPC is a framework that allows distributing and running code on a server farm. pmHPC is a scaled down and simplified version of distributed computing projects such as SETI, so is a perfect fit for enthusiasts and universities.