From: Svjatoslav Agejenko Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2017 11:11:51 +0000 (+0300) Subject: Narrowed down goals and description X-Git-Url: http://www2.svjatoslav.eu/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=6a93b14c4745b60fc29f6a53f0c4d552e4ab0359;p=sixth.git Narrowed down goals and description --- diff --git a/doc/index.html b/doc/index.html index d6818cf..e34161c 100644 --- a/doc/index.html +++ b/doc/index.html @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Sixth - system for data storage, computation, exploration and interaction - + @@ -222,19 +222,18 @@ published by the Free Software Foundation.
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1 Vision / goal - A tool to amplify human ability

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1 Vision - A tool to amplify human ability

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-In short, this is what I want: +

+Makes lots of complex data intuitive to:
+  - explore, understand
+  - manipulate and compute on
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+by extensively relying on:
+  - realtime 3D graphics with immediate feedback loop
+  - flexible and distributed computation and data storage

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  • Perfect data storage and computation engine -
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  • Feeds lots of complex data into your brain in intuitive to explore, -understand and manipulate form by extensively relying on realtime 3D -graphics and fast feedback loop. (including virtual reality support)

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  • Why such name ? -
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    • In short: it's just a number. -
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    • Many years ago inspired by the ideas of Forth (programming -language) I decided to create my own implementation Fifth -(computing/programming environment). -
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    • Then I realized I miss type safe object oriented capabilities. So -I updated the name to Sixth and switched to Java. -
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1.1 Perfect data storage and computation engine

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-I hate to choose between good things. Figuring out a way to combine -below properties in one system would be beyond awesome. -

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-(That`s the high level overview, details are slowly being worked -out…) -

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1.1.1 Computation

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  • Lisp (programming language): - -
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    • Anything can be suspended/resumed from persistent storage on the -fly. -
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    • GemStone/S: Awesome feature list! -
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  • Hadoop (computation system): -
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    • Many individual connected computers behave as one big -computer. System is horizontally linearly scalable. -
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    • Programming abstraction and execution model that naturally divides -problems te be solved in parallel and result easily combined. -
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    • Data is spread across nodes, automatic failover, built in -resiliency. -
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    • Small pieces of code are automatically transferred to the node -that contains relatively big data that needs processing (network -efficiency). -
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3 Frequently Given Answers

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  • Why such name ? +
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    • In short: it's just a number. +
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    • Many years ago inspired by the ideas of Forth (programming +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. +
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diff --git a/doc/index.org b/doc/index.org index 31cd502..e3aef27 100644 --- a/doc/index.org +++ b/doc/index.org @@ -24,68 +24,25 @@ #+HTML_HEAD: pre {background-color: #111; color: #ccc;} #+HTML_HEAD: -* Vision / goal - A tool to amplify human ability +* Vision - A tool to amplify human ability :PROPERTIES: :ID: 1f4e1c17-d25f-4d92-aa9b-5785f1d86f4f :END: -In short, this is what I want: +#+BEGIN_VERSE +Makes lots of complex data intuitive to: + - explore, understand + - manipulate and compute on -- [[id:4224d52c-2ee1-411a-bd89-77c286322b21][Perfect data storage and computation engine]] +by extensively relying on: + - [[http://www2.svjatoslav.eu/gitbrowse/sixth-3d/doc/index.html][realtime 3D graphics]] with immediate feedback loop + - [[http://www2.svjatoslav.eu/gitbrowse/sixth-data/doc/index.html][flexible and distributed computation and data storage]] +#+END_VERSE -- Feeds lots of complex data into your brain in intuitive to explore, - understand and manipulate form by extensively relying on realtime 3D - graphics and fast feedback loop. (including virtual reality support) - #+BEGIN_QUOTE - “Virtual reality holds the key to the evolution of the human mind” - Dr. Lawrence Angelo, The Lawnmower Man (1992) - #+END_QUOTE - -- Why such name ? - - In short: it's just a number. - - Many years ago inspired by the ideas of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forth_(programming_language)][Forth (programming - language)]] I decided to create my own implementation [[http://www2.svjatoslav.eu/gitbrowse/fifth/doc/index.html][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. - -** Perfect data storage and computation engine - :PROPERTIES: - :ID: 4224d52c-2ee1-411a-bd89-77c286322b21 - :END: - -I hate to choose between good things. Figuring out a way to combine -below properties in one system would be beyond awesome. - -(That`s the high level overview, details are slowly being worked -out...) - -+ See: [[http://www2.svjatoslav.eu/gitbrowse/sixth-data/doc/index.html][Sixth data subproject]] - -*** Computation -+ Lisp (programming language): - + Almost no syntax. - + Code and data intercangeable. - + Easily self modifying. - + (The big Lisp idea: https://dev.to/ericnormand/the-idea-of-lisp ) - -+ Smalltalk (programming language / runtime): - + Everything is object. - + On the fly modifiable / reprogrammable. - + Anything can be suspended/resumed from persistent storage on the - fly. - + [[http://esug.org/data/ESUG2015/3%20wednesday/1100-1130%20SQL%20Queries%20on%20Smalltalk%20Objects/SQL%20Queries%20in%20Smalltalk%20(James%20Foster).pdf][GemStone/S]]: Awesome feature list! - -+ Hadoop (computation system): - + Many individual connected computers behave as one big - computer. System is horizontally linearly scalable. - + Programming abstraction and execution model that naturally divides - problems te be solved in parallel and result easily combined. - + Data is spread across nodes, automatic failover, built in - resiliency. - + Small pieces of code are automatically transferred to the node - that contains relatively big data that needs processing (network - efficiency). +#+BEGIN_QUOTE +“Virtual reality holds the key to the evolution of the human mind” +Dr. Lawrence Angelo, The Lawnmower Man (1992) +#+END_QUOTE * Current status + Formulated high-level [[id:1f4e1c17-d25f-4d92-aa9b-5785f1d86f4f][vision / goal]]. @@ -98,3 +55,12 @@ out...) + System is nowhere near complete (given magnitude of effort required and my free time available). Contributions welcome ! :) + +* Frequently Given Answers +- Why such name ? + - In short: it's just a number. + - Many years ago inspired by the ideas of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forth_(programming_language)][Forth (programming + language)]] I decided to create my own implementation [[http://www2.svjatoslav.eu/gitbrowse/fifth/doc/index.html][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.