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 <title>Sixth - system for data storage, computation, exploration and interaction</title>
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@@ -211,14 +211,14 @@ License, or (at your option) any later version.
 <ul class="org-ul">
 <li>Svjatoslav Agejenko
 </li>
-<li>Homepage: <a href="http://svjatoslav.eu">http://svjatoslav.eu</a>
+<li>Homepage: <a href="https://svjatoslav.eu">https://svjatoslav.eu</a>
 </li>
 <li>Email: <a href="mailto://svjatoslav@svjatoslav.eu">mailto://svjatoslav@svjatoslav.eu</a>
 </li>
 </ul>
 </li>
 
-<li><a href="http://www.svjatoslav.eu/projects/">Other software projects hosted at svjatoslav.eu</a>
+<li><a href="https://www.svjatoslav.eu/projects/">Other software projects hosted at svjatoslav.eu</a>
 </li>
 </ul>
 </div>
@@ -231,15 +231,16 @@ License, or (at your option) any later version.
 working code under <a href="#sec-4">sub-projects</a>.
 </li>
 
-<li><a href="http://www2.svjatoslav.eu/gitweb/?p=sixth.git;a=snapshot;h=HEAD;sf=tgz">Download latest snapshot in TAR GZ format</a>
+<li><a href="https://www2.svjatoslav.eu/gitweb/?p=sixth.git;a=snapshot;h=HEAD;sf=tgz">Download latest snapshot in TAR GZ format</a>
 </li>
 
-<li><a href="http://www2.svjatoslav.eu/gitweb/?p=sixth.git;a=summary">Browse Git repository online</a>
+<li><a href="https://www2.svjatoslav.eu/gitweb/?p=sixth.git;a=summary">Browse Git repository online</a>
 </li>
 
 <li>Clone Git repository using command:
 <pre class="example">
-git clone http://www2.svjatoslav.eu/git/sixth.git
+git clone https://www2.svjatoslav.eu/git/sixth.git
+
 </pre>
 </li>
 </ul>
@@ -250,37 +251,31 @@ git clone http://www2.svjatoslav.eu/git/sixth.git
 <h2 id="sec-2"><a id="ID-1f4e1c17-d25f-4d92-aa9b-5785f1d86f4f" name="ID-1f4e1c17-d25f-4d92-aa9b-5785f1d86f4f"></a><span class="section-number-2">2</span> Vision - A tool to amplify human ability</h2>
 <div class="outline-text-2" id="text-2">
 <p>
-Idea is to design all encompassing, flexible and powerful virtual
-environment where I can live in and very efficiently do all my
-computing tasks enjoyably and with playful ease.
+Goal is, so called bicycle for the mind.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+A tool, that provides powerful, extensible, adaptable, hackable, easy
+to use, general purpose environment for working with knowledge.
 </p>
 
 <p>
-<a href="#sec-2-1">See extensible, programmable computing environment examples</a>. In each
-case you can install or develop plugins/extensions for every purpose
-imaginable.
+<a href="#sec-2-1">See extensible, programmable computing environment examples</a>.
 </p>
 
 <p>
 I would like to create better general purpose environment with the
-following properties:
+following priorities:
 </p>
 
 <ul class="org-ul">
-<li>Makes lots of complex data intuitive to:
-<ul class="org-ul">
-<li>explore, understand
-</li>
-<li>manipulate and compute on
-</li>
-</ul>
+<li>Makes data and insights easy to discover, understand, manipulate,
+transform and visualize.
 </li>
 
-<li>Extensively relying on:
-<ul class="org-ul">
-<li><a href="http://www3.svjatoslav.eu/projects/sixth-3d/">Realtime 3D graphics</a> with immediate feedback loop.
-</li>
-</ul>
+<li>Workflow and user interface is intuitive, visual, realtime,
+3D-first.
+
 <blockquote>
 <p>
 âVirtual reality holds the key to the evolution of the human mindâ
@@ -289,18 +284,28 @@ Dr. Lawrence Angelo, The Lawnmower Man (1992)
 </blockquote>
 </li>
 
-<li><a href="http://www3.svjatoslav.eu/projects/sixth-data/">Flexible and distributed computation and data storage</a>.
+<li>Computations are done primarily in <a href="https://www3.svjatoslav.eu/projects/sixth-data/">on versioned data in distributed,
+scalable, arbitrary dimensional hypercube based geometrical
+computation engine</a>.
 </li>
 
+<li>Free and open.
+</li>
+
+<li>Network first:
+<ul class="org-ul">
 <li>Cross device:
 <ul class="org-ul">
-<li>Easily switch and/or combine computers to work seamlessly on any
-tasks.
+<li>Easily switch devices and still access same data, workspaces and
+visualizations.
+</li>
+<li>Easily access and combine storage and computing resources of
+other connected devices.
+</li>
+</ul>
 </li>
 
-<li>User interface, data, software, running proceses and available
-computing power is not contained or limited by boundaries of any
-single device.
+<li>Ability to collaborate (multi user).
 </li>
 </ul>
 </li>
@@ -310,27 +315,40 @@ single device.
 <div id="outline-container-sec-2-1" class="outline-3">
 <h3 id="sec-2-1"><a id="ID-c19c5a3b-dfb0-4f7f-961c-a387b925669f" name="ID-c19c5a3b-dfb0-4f7f-961c-a387b925669f"></a><span class="section-number-3">2.1</span> Extensible, programmable computing environment examples</h3>
 <div class="outline-text-3" id="text-2-1">
-<dl class="org-dl">
-<dt> <a href="https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2008/04/27/one-program-to-rule-them-all/">GNU Emacs</a> </dt><dd>At the heart, Emacs is text editor on top of Lisp
-runtime. Data storage and computation can be done in
-<a href="https://www.defmacro.org/ramblings/lisp.html">Lisp</a>. Emacs provides text buffers that can be used to
-build GUI.
-</dd>
-
-<dt> <a href="https://www.eclipse.org/ide/">Eclipse IDE</a> </dt><dd>In essence <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSGi">OSGi</a> platform with a text
-editor. Computation done in java. Eclipse provides
-integration, runtime and GUI platform.
-</dd>
-
-<dt> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Notes">IBM Notes/Domino</a> </dt><dd>Custom database engine, software development
+<ul class="org-ul">
+<li><a href="https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2008/04/27/one-program-to-rule-them-all/">GNU Emacs</a> - At the heart, Emacs is text editor on top of Lisp
+runtime. Data storage and computation can be done in <a href="https://www.defmacro.org/ramblings/lisp.html">Lisp</a>. Lisp is
+on itself programmable programming language where new paradigms can
+be added dynamically. Domain specific languages to fit particular
+problem could be developed as needed and Emacs extended to support
+those languages. Emacs provides text buffers that can be used to
+build user interfaces. So you can customize Emacs and Lisp to fit
+any problem domain.
+</li>
+
+<li><a href="https://www.eclipse.org/ide/">Eclipse IDE</a> - In essence <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSGi">OSGi</a> platform with a text
+editor. Computation done in java. Eclipse provides integration,
+runtime and GUI platform. One can develop Eclipse plugins to add
+necessary logic and visual parts to fit any problem. (IntelliJ and
+NetBeans have similar properties)
+</li>
+
+<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Notes">IBM Notes/Domino</a> - Custom database engine, software development
 platform, GUI editor, computation can be done in Java and
-LotusScript.
-</dd>
+LotusScript. You can build distributed business applications on it
+as a platform.
+</li>
+
+<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABAP">SAP ABAP</a> - Custom database engine, runtime, GUI platform,
+development environment and programming language. Is being used as a
+platform to build business applications with any logic and UI.
+</li>
 
-<dt> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABAP">SAP ABAP</a> </dt><dd>Custom database engine, runtime, GUI platform,
-development environment and programming language.
-</dd>
-</dl>
+<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Access">Microsoft Access</a> - Database management system that combines
+relational database engine with a graphical user interface and
+software-development tools.
+</li>
+</ul>
 </div>
 </div>
 </div>
@@ -345,7 +363,8 @@ development environment and programming language.
 </li>
 
 <li>System is nowhere near complete (given magnitude of effort required
-and my free time available). Contributions welcome ! :)
+and almost non-existent free time available). Contributions are
+welcome !
 </li>
 </ul>
 </div>
@@ -354,13 +373,13 @@ and my free time available). Contributions welcome ! :)
 <h2 id="sec-4"><a id="ID-52dbbf4c-2ef4-42a6-8331-ad006b6a52ae" name="ID-52dbbf4c-2ef4-42a6-8331-ad006b6a52ae"></a><span class="section-number-2">4</span> Architecture / components</h2>
 <div class="outline-text-2" id="text-4">
 <ul class="org-ul">
-<li><a href="http://www3.svjatoslav.eu/projects/sixth/">Sixth</a> - Parent project.
+<li><a href="https://www3.svjatoslav.eu/projects/sixth/">Sixth</a> - Parent project.
 <ul class="org-ul">
-<li><a href="http://www3.svjatoslav.eu/projects/sixth-data/">Sixth Data</a> - Data storage and computation engine.
+<li><a href="https://www3.svjatoslav.eu/projects/sixth-data/">Sixth Data</a> - Data storage and computation engine.
 </li>
-<li><a href="http://www3.svjatoslav.eu/projects/sixth-3d/">Sixth 3D</a> - 3D engine - for user interface and data visualization.
+<li><a href="https://www3.svjatoslav.eu/projects/sixth-3d/">Sixth 3D</a> - 3D engine - for user interface and data visualization.
 <ul class="org-ul">
-<li><a href="http://www3.svjatoslav.eu/projects/sixth-3d-demos/">Sixth 3D engine demos</a> - Demonstration of Sixth 3D engine capabilities.
+<li><a href="https://www3.svjatoslav.eu/projects/sixth-3d-demos/">Sixth 3D engine demos</a> - Demonstration of Sixth 3D engine capabilities.
 </li>
 </ul>
 </li>
@@ -369,66 +388,21 @@ and my free time available). Contributions welcome ! :)
 </ul>
 </div>
 </div>
+
 <div id="outline-container-sec-5" class="outline-2">
-<h2 id="sec-5"><span class="section-number-2">5</span> Computation ideas</h2>
+<h2 id="sec-5"><span class="section-number-2">5</span> Frequently Given Answers</h2>
 <div class="outline-text-2" id="text-5">
 <ul class="org-ul">
-<li>Program - stored instructions for execution by computer.
-</li>
-
-<li>Process - Currently running program.
-<ul class="org-ul">
-<li>Process is self contained. Has a full copy of program code and
-every dependent library.
-
-<ul class="org-ul">
-<li>Memory used by processes is content addressed/deduplicated at
-low level in the system.
-</li>
-
-<li>This allows:
-<ul class="org-ul">
-<li>Upgrading software installed in the system without breaking
-already running processes.
-</li>
-
-<li>Easier migration of running processes between physical
-computers.
-</li>
-
-<li>Possibility to suspend/resume arbitrary processes to permament
-storage.
-</li>
-
-<li>Possibility checkpoint/revert running process.
-</li>
-
-<li>Possibility to clone/branch running process.
-</li>
-</ul>
-</li>
-</ul>
-</li>
-</ul>
-</li>
-</ul>
-</div>
-</div>
-
-<div id="outline-container-sec-6" class="outline-2">
-<h2 id="sec-6"><span class="section-number-2">6</span> Frequently Given Answers</h2>
-<div class="outline-text-2" id="text-6">
-<ul class="org-ul">
 <li>Why such name ?
 <ul class="org-ul">
 <li>In short: it's just a number.
 </li>
 <li>Many years ago inspired by the ideas of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forth_(programming_language)">Forth (programming
-language)</a> I decided to create my own implementation <a href="http://www3.svjatoslav.eu/projects/fifth/">Fifth</a>
+language)</a> I decided to create my own implementation <a href="https://www3.svjatoslav.eu/projects/fifth/">Fifth</a>
 (computing/programming environment).
 </li>
-<li>Then I realized I miss type safe object oriented capabilities. So
-I updated the name to Sixth and switched to Java.
+<li>Forth/Fifth felt a bit too low-level language. So current
+project/approach is an attempt using Java.
 </li>
 </ul>
 </li>
@@ -450,16 +424,15 @@ I updated the name to Sixth and switched to Java.
 </li>
 <li><a href="#sec-3">3. Current status</a></li>
 <li><a href="#sec-4">4. Architecture / components</a></li>
-<li><a href="#sec-5">5. Computation ideas</a></li>
-<li><a href="#sec-6">6. Frequently Given Answers</a></li>
+<li><a href="#sec-5">5. Frequently Given Answers</a></li>
 </ul>
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-<p class="date">Created: 2018-12-17 Mon 20:57</p>
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+<p class="date">Created: 2020-01-29 K 21:23</p>
+<p class="creator"><a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/">Emacs</a> 26.1 (<a href="http://orgmode.org">Org-mode</a> 9.1.9)</p>
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