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Sixth - system for data storage, computation, exploration and interaction
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-A tool, that provides powerful, easy to use computing environment for
-solving wide range of problems.
+A tool, that provides powerful, extensible, adaptable, hackable, easy
+to use, general purpose computing environment for working with
+knowledge.
-I would like to create better general purpose environment with the
-following properties:
+I would like to create better general purpose computing environment
+with the following priorities:
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Makes data and insights easy to discover, understand and
-manipulate/transform.
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Makes data and insights easy to discover, understand, manipulate,
+transform and visualize.
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Things are visual, realtime with immediate feedback.
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Extensively utilizes realtime 3D graphics and capabilities of human
-visual perception.
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Workflow and user interface is intuitive, visual, realtime,
+3D-first.
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Easily switch and/or combine computers to work seamlessly on any
-tasks.
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Easily switch devices and still access same data, workspaces and
+visualizations.
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Easily access and combine storage and computing resources of
+other connected devices.
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User interface, data, software, running proceses and available
-computing power is not contained or limited by boundaries of any
-single device.
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Ability to collaborate (multi user).
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GNU Emacs - At the heart, Emacs is text editor on top of Lisp
-runtime. Data storage and computation can be done in Lisp. 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.
+runtime. Data storage and computation can be done in Lisp. 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.
Eclipse IDE - In essence OSGi platform with a text
editor. Computation done in java. Eclipse provides integration,
-runtime and GUI platform.
+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)
IBM Notes/Domino - Custom database engine, software development
platform, GUI editor, computation can be done in Java and
-LotusScript.
+LotusScript. You can build distributed business applications on it
+as a platform.
SAP ABAP - Custom database engine, runtime, GUI platform,
-development environment and programming language.
+development environment and programming language. Is being used as a
+platform to build business applications with any logic and UI.
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+
Microsoft Access - Database management system that combines
+relational database engine with a graphical user interface and
+software-development tools.
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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 !
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+
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5 Computation ideas
+
5 Frequently Given Answers
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Program - stored instructions for execution by computer.
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Process - Currently running program.
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Process is self contained. Has a full copy of program code and
-every dependent library.
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Memory used by processes is content addressed/deduplicated at
-low level in the system.
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This allows:
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Upgrading software installed in the system without breaking
-already running processes.
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Easier migration of running processes between physical
-computers.
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Possibility to suspend/resume arbitrary processes to permament
-storage.
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Possibility checkpoint/revert running process.
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Possibility to clone/branch running process.
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6 Frequently Given Answers
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Why such name ?
In short: it's just a number.
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language) I decided to create my own implementation Fifth
(computing/programming environment).
-
Then I realized I miss type safe object oriented capabilities. So
-I updated the name to Sixth and switched to Java.
+
Forth/Fifth felt a bit too low-level language. So current
+project/approach is an attempt using Java.
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