1 #+TITLE: Sixth - system for data storage, computation, exploration and interaction
4 - Clone GIT repository using commanad:
5 : git clone http://www2.svjatoslav.eu/git/sixth.git
7 - [[http://www2.svjatoslav.eu/gitweb/?p=sixth.git;a=snapshot;h=HEAD;sf=tgz][Download latest snapshot in TAR GZ format]]
9 + This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
10 it under the terms of the [[https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html][GNU Lesser General Public License]] as
11 published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
12 License, or (at your option) any later version.
16 - Homepage: http://svjatoslav.eu
17 - Email: mailto://svjatoslav@svjatoslav.eu
19 - [[http://www.svjatoslav.eu/projects/][Other software projects hosted at svjatoslav.eu]]
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31 * Vision - A tool to amplify human ability
33 :ID: 1f4e1c17-d25f-4d92-aa9b-5785f1d86f4f
36 Makes lots of complex data intuitive to:
38 - manipulate and compute on
40 by extensively relying on:
41 - [[http://www3.svjatoslav.eu/projects/sixth-3d/][Realtime 3D graphics]] with immediate feedback loop.
42 - [[http://www3.svjatoslav.eu/projects/sixth-data/][Flexible and distributed computation and data storage]].
47 “Virtual reality holds the key to the evolution of the human mind”
48 Dr. Lawrence Angelo, The Lawnmower Man (1992)
52 + Formulated high-level [[id:1f4e1c17-d25f-4d92-aa9b-5785f1d86f4f][vision / goal]].
54 + In the process of implementing some of building blocks:
55 - [[http://www3.svjatoslav.eu/projects/sixth-data/][Data storage engine.]]
57 - [[http://www3.svjatoslav.eu/projects/sixth-3d/][In software, pure Java realtime 3D rendering engine.]]
58 - [[http://www3.svjatoslav.eu/projects/sixth-3d-demos/][3D engine demos]]
60 + System is nowhere near complete (given magnitude of effort required
61 and my free time available). Contributions welcome ! :)
64 + Program - stored instructions for execution by computer.
66 + Process - Currently running program.
67 + Process is self contained. Has a full copy of program code and
68 every dependent library.
70 + Memory used by processes is content addressed/deduplicated at
71 low level in the system.
74 + Upgrading software installed in the system without breaking
75 already running processes.
77 + Easier migration of running processes between physical
80 + Possibility to suspend/resume arbitrary processes to permament
83 + Possibility checkpoint/revert running process.
85 + Possibility to clone/branch running process.
87 * Frequently Given Answers
89 - In short: it's just a number.
90 - Many years ago inspired by the ideas of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forth_(programming_language)][Forth (programming
91 language)]] I decided to create my own implementation [[http://www3.svjatoslav.eu/projects/fifth/][Fifth]]
92 (computing/programming environment).
93 - Then I realized I miss type safe object oriented capabilities. So
94 I updated the name to Sixth and switched to Java.