Linked by Joshua Boyles on Mon 9th Jun 2003 16:45 UTC
This entire article is written as a proposal to a coprporation for a new, very unique computing system. Please offer criticism and suggestions to improve the system, and tell me whether you think it could work. What exactly is the "Edge Computing System" And more importantly, why would I want to go to the trouble of developing it? The Edge Computing System is just that, an entire system, not just a new type of computer or new software suite. The Edge is the means by which you can have your personal computer with you at all times.
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This is another example of a great idea that is hard to implement even though all of the code is available and its core concepts are quite simple. This goes to show that there is a long way to go in managing programs and data and in designing programs so parts can be changed more easily.
The reason I got into open source in the first place was because all of the components were there, but integration is still really tough, even with access to the source code. I would like to see more projects done in languages where programmers will more artfully design the programs (SCHEME!) rather than always use an "Object-Oriented Approach", which in my opinion, is great for some designs but bad for others. I think that the statement "The goal of this fuction is to transform a certain type input into a certain desired output" is just as valid, if not more, in computer science, as the statement "An object is an entity with responsibilities", though lately the focus has been on the latter.
Just my 2 cents.