#+TITLE: Sixth - system for data storage, computation, exploration and interaction ----- - Clone GIT repository using commanad: : git clone http://www2.svjatoslav.eu/git/sixth.git - [[http://www2.svjatoslav.eu/gitweb/?p=sixth.git;a=snapshot;h=HEAD;sf=tgz][Download latest snapshot in TAR GZ format]] + This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the [[https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html][GNU Lesser General Public License]] as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. - Program author: - Svjatoslav Agejenko - Homepage: http://svjatoslav.eu - Email: mailto://svjatoslav@svjatoslav.eu - [[http://www.svjatoslav.eu/projects/][Other software projects hosted at svjatoslav.eu]] * (document settings) :noexport: ** use dark style for TWBS-HTML exporter #+HTML_HEAD: #+HTML_HEAD: #+HTML_HEAD: " #+HTML_HEAD: * Vision - A tool to amplify human ability :PROPERTIES: :ID: 1f4e1c17-d25f-4d92-aa9b-5785f1d86f4f :END: #+BEGIN_VERSE Makes lots of complex data intuitive to: - explore, understand - manipulate and compute on by extensively relying on: - [[http://www3.svjatoslav.eu/projects/sixth-3d/][Realtime 3D graphics]] with immediate feedback loop. - [[http://www3.svjatoslav.eu/projects/sixth-data/][Flexible and distributed computation and data storage]]. #+END_VERSE #+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]]. + In the process of implementing some of building blocks: - [[http://www2.svjatoslav.eu/gitbrowse/sixth-data/doc/index.html][Data storage engine.]] - [[http://www2.svjatoslav.eu/gitbrowse/sixth-3d/doc/index.html][In software, pure Java realtime 3D rendering engine.]] - [[http://www2.svjatoslav.eu/gitbrowse/sixth-3d-demos/doc/index.html][3D engine demos]] + System is nowhere near complete (given magnitude of effort required and my free time available). Contributions welcome ! :) * Computation ideas + Program - stored instructions for execution by computer. + Process - Currently running program. + Process is self contained. Has a full copy of program code and every dependent library. + Memory used by processes is content addressed/deduplicated at low level in the system. + This allows: + Upgrading software installed in the system without breaking already running processes. + Easier migration of running processes between physical computers. + Possibility to suspend/resume arbitrary processes to permament storage. + Possibility checkpoint/revert running process. + Possibility to clone/branch running process. * 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://www3.svjatoslav.eu/projects/fifth/][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.