- [[http://www.svjatoslav.eu/projects/][Other software projects hosted at svjatoslav.eu]]
** Source code
++ Note - Sixth is currently empty parent/shell project. You can find
+ working code under [[id:52dbbf4c-2ef4-42a6-8331-ad006b6a52ae][sub-projects]].
+
- [[http://www2.svjatoslav.eu/gitweb/?p=sixth.git;a=snapshot;h=HEAD;sf=tgz][Download latest snapshot in TAR GZ format]]
- [[http://www2.svjatoslav.eu/gitweb/?p=sixth.git;a=summary][Browse Git repository online]]
- Clone Git repository using command:
: git clone http://www2.svjatoslav.eu/git/sixth.git
-
* Vision - A tool to amplify human ability
:PROPERTIES:
:ID: 1f4e1c17-d25f-4d92-aa9b-5785f1d86f4f
environment where I can live in and very efficiently do all my
computing tasks enjoyably and with playful ease.
-Examples of extendable environments where one can live in and do
- almost everything:
- + [[https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2008/04/27/one-program-to-rule-them-all/][GNU Emacs]] :: At the heart, Emacs is text editor on top of [[https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/j-cb02067/j-cb02067-pdf.pdf][Lisp]]
- runtime.
-
- + [[https://www.eclipse.org/ide/][Eclipse IDE]] :: In essence [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSGi][OSGi]] platform with a text editor.
-
-In both cases you can develop/install plugins for every purpose
+[[id:c19c5a3b-dfb0-4f7f-961c-a387b925669f][See extensible, programmable computing environment examples]]. In each
+case you can install or develop plugins/extensions for every purpose
imaginable.
-
-I would like to create general purpose environment with the following
-properties:
+I would like to create better general purpose environment with the
+following properties:
+ Makes lots of complex data intuitive to:
- explore, understand
+ Easily switch and/or combine computers to work seamlessly on any
tasks.
- + User interface, data, software, running proceses etc are not
- contained to any device.
+ + User interface, data, software, running proceses and available
+ computing power is not contained or limited by boundaries of any
+ single device.
+
+** Extensible, programmable computing environment examples
+ :PROPERTIES:
+ :ID: c19c5a3b-dfb0-4f7f-961c-a387b925669f
+ :END:
++ [[https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2008/04/27/one-program-to-rule-them-all/][GNU Emacs]] :: At the heart, Emacs is text editor on top of Lisp
+ runtime. Data storage and computation can be done in
+ [[https://www.defmacro.org/ramblings/lisp.html][Lisp]]. Emacs provides text buffers that can be used to
+ build GUI.
+
++ [[https://www.eclipse.org/ide/][Eclipse IDE]] :: In essence [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSGi][OSGi]] platform with a text
+ editor. Computation done in java. Eclipse provides
+ integration, runtime and GUI platform.
++ [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Notes][IBM Notes/Domino]] :: Custom database engine, software development
+ platform, GUI editor, computation can be done in Java and
+ LotusScript.
+
++ [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABAP][SAP ABAP]] :: Custom database engine, runtime, GUI platform,
+ development environment and programming language.
* Current status
+ Formulated high-level [[id:1f4e1c17-d25f-4d92-aa9b-5785f1d86f4f][vision / goal]].
-+ In the process of implementing some of building blocks:
- - [[http://www3.svjatoslav.eu/projects/sixth-data/][Data storage engine.]]
-
- - [[http://www3.svjatoslav.eu/projects/sixth-3d/][In software, pure Java realtime 3D rendering engine.]]
- - [[http://www3.svjatoslav.eu/projects/sixth-3d-demos/][3D engine demos]]
++ In the process of implementing some of [[id:52dbbf4c-2ef4-42a6-8331-ad006b6a52ae][building blocks]].
+ System is nowhere near complete (given magnitude of effort required
and my free time available). Contributions welcome ! :)
-
+* Architecture / components
+ :PROPERTIES:
+ :ID: 52dbbf4c-2ef4-42a6-8331-ad006b6a52ae
+ :END:
++ [[http://www3.svjatoslav.eu/projects/sixth/][Sixth]] - Parent project.
+ + [[http://www3.svjatoslav.eu/projects/sixth-data/][Sixth Data]] - Data storage and computation engine.
+ + [[http://www3.svjatoslav.eu/projects/sixth-3d/][Sixth 3D]] - 3D engine - for user interface and data visualization.
+ + [[http://www3.svjatoslav.eu/projects/sixth-3d-demos/][Sixth 3D engine demos]] - Demonstration of Sixth 3D engine capabilities.
* Computation ideas
+ Program - stored instructions for execution by computer.
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