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198 <div class="row"><div class="col-md-9"><h1 class="title">Sixth - system for data storage, computation, exploration and interaction</h1>
200 <div id="outline-container-sec-1" class="outline-2">
201 <h2 id="sec-1"><span class="section-number-2">1</span> General</h2>
202 <div class="outline-text-2" id="text-1">
204 <li>This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
205 it under the terms of the <a href="https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html">GNU Lesser General Public License</a> as
206 published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
207 License, or (at your option) any later version.
212 <li>Svjatoslav Agejenko
214 <li>Homepage: <a href="http://svjatoslav.eu">http://svjatoslav.eu</a>
216 <li>Email: <a href="mailto://svjatoslav@svjatoslav.eu">mailto://svjatoslav@svjatoslav.eu</a>
221 <li><a href="http://www.svjatoslav.eu/projects/">Other software projects hosted at svjatoslav.eu</a>
226 <div id="outline-container-sec-1-1" class="outline-3">
227 <h3 id="sec-1-1"><span class="section-number-3">1.1</span> Source code</h3>
228 <div class="outline-text-3" id="text-1-1">
230 <li>Note - Sixth is currently empty parent/shell project. You can find
231 working code under <a href="#sec-4">sub-projects</a>.
234 <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>
237 <li><a href="http://www2.svjatoslav.eu/gitweb/?p=sixth.git;a=summary">Browse Git repository online</a>
240 <li>Clone Git repository using command:
241 <pre class="example">
242 git clone http://www2.svjatoslav.eu/git/sixth.git
249 <div id="outline-container-sec-2" class="outline-2">
250 <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>
251 <div class="outline-text-2" id="text-2">
253 Idea is to design all encompassing, flexible and powerful virtual
254 environment where I can live in and very efficiently do all my
255 computing tasks enjoyably and with playful ease.
259 <a href="#sec-2-1">See extensible, programmable computing environment examples</a>. In each
260 case you can install or develop plugins/extensions for every purpose
265 I would like to create better general purpose environment with the
266 following properties:
270 <li>Makes lots of complex data intuitive to:
272 <li>explore, understand
274 <li>manipulate and compute on
279 <li>Extensively relying on:
281 <li><a href="http://www3.svjatoslav.eu/projects/sixth-3d/">Realtime 3D graphics</a> with immediate feedback loop.
286 “Virtual reality holds the key to the evolution of the human mind”
287 Dr. Lawrence Angelo, The Lawnmower Man (1992)
292 <li><a href="http://www3.svjatoslav.eu/projects/sixth-data/">Flexible and distributed computation and data storage</a>.
297 <li>Easily switch and/or combine computers to work seamlessly on any
301 <li>User interface, data, software, running proceses and available
302 computing power is not contained or limited by boundaries of any
310 <div id="outline-container-sec-2-1" class="outline-3">
311 <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>
312 <div class="outline-text-3" id="text-2-1">
314 <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
315 runtime. Data storage and computation can be done in <a href="https://www.defmacro.org/ramblings/lisp.html">Lisp</a>. Emacs
316 provides text buffers that can be used to build GUI.
319 <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
320 editor. Computation done in java. Eclipse provides integration,
321 runtime and GUI platform.
324 <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Notes">IBM Notes/Domino</a> - Custom database engine, software development
325 platform, GUI editor, computation can be done in Java and
329 <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABAP">SAP ABAP</a> - Custom database engine, runtime, GUI platform,
330 development environment and programming language.
336 <div id="outline-container-sec-3" class="outline-2">
337 <h2 id="sec-3"><span class="section-number-2">3</span> Current status</h2>
338 <div class="outline-text-2" id="text-3">
340 <li>Formulated high-level <a href="#sec-2">vision / goal</a>.
343 <li>In the process of implementing some of <a href="#sec-4">building blocks</a>.
346 <li>System is nowhere near complete (given magnitude of effort required
347 and my free time available). Contributions welcome ! :)
352 <div id="outline-container-sec-4" class="outline-2">
353 <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>
354 <div class="outline-text-2" id="text-4">
356 <li><a href="http://www3.svjatoslav.eu/projects/sixth/">Sixth</a> - Parent project.
358 <li><a href="http://www3.svjatoslav.eu/projects/sixth-data/">Sixth Data</a> - Data storage and computation engine.
360 <li><a href="http://www3.svjatoslav.eu/projects/sixth-3d/">Sixth 3D</a> - 3D engine - for user interface and data visualization.
362 <li><a href="http://www3.svjatoslav.eu/projects/sixth-3d-demos/">Sixth 3D engine demos</a> - Demonstration of Sixth 3D engine capabilities.
371 <div id="outline-container-sec-5" class="outline-2">
372 <h2 id="sec-5"><span class="section-number-2">5</span> Computation ideas</h2>
373 <div class="outline-text-2" id="text-5">
375 <li>Program - stored instructions for execution by computer.
378 <li>Process - Currently running program.
380 <li>Process is self contained. Has a full copy of program code and
381 every dependent library.
384 <li>Memory used by processes is content addressed/deduplicated at
385 low level in the system.
390 <li>Upgrading software installed in the system without breaking
391 already running processes.
394 <li>Easier migration of running processes between physical
398 <li>Possibility to suspend/resume arbitrary processes to permament
402 <li>Possibility checkpoint/revert running process.
405 <li>Possibility to clone/branch running process.
417 <div id="outline-container-sec-6" class="outline-2">
418 <h2 id="sec-6"><span class="section-number-2">6</span> Frequently Given Answers</h2>
419 <div class="outline-text-2" id="text-6">
423 <li>In short: it's just a number.
425 <li>Many years ago inspired by the ideas of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forth_(programming_language)">Forth (programming
426 language)</a> I decided to create my own implementation <a href="http://www3.svjatoslav.eu/projects/fifth/">Fifth</a>
427 (computing/programming environment).
429 <li>Then I realized I miss type safe object oriented capabilities. So
430 I updated the name to Sixth and switched to Java.
437 </div><div class="col-md-3"><nav id="table-of-contents">
438 <div id="text-table-of-contents" class="bs-docs-sidebar">
440 <li><a href="#sec-1">1. General</a>
442 <li><a href="#sec-1-1">1.1. Source code</a></li>
445 <li><a href="#sec-2">2. Vision - A tool to amplify human ability</a>
447 <li><a href="#sec-2-1">2.1. Extensible, programmable computing environment examples</a></li>
450 <li><a href="#sec-3">3. Current status</a></li>
451 <li><a href="#sec-4">4. Architecture / components</a></li>
452 <li><a href="#sec-5">5. Computation ideas</a></li>
453 <li><a href="#sec-6">6. Frequently Given Answers</a></li>
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459 <div><p class="author">Author: Svjatoslav Agejenko</p>
460 <p class="date">Created: 2018-12-17 Mon 21:00</p>
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