[ros-dev] The Future of the Desktop

[D. Hazelton]

On Tuesday 21 March 2006 03:09, Ibrahim Damlaj wrote:
> Good point. However,
> I think that the reason that executables are going to be extinct is because
> computers are getting faster and faster. Therefore, the performance gain by
> using lower-level languages is becoming less and less, which is pushing
> many developers these days to use higher level (or interpreted) languages,
> which are simpler and faster to program in. Also, by using interpreted
> languages, the program does not need to be ported (as long as there is an
> interpreter for every platform).

Even an interpreted language requires an executable to interpret it. Or are 
you suggesting we return to the days of having BASIC embedded in the BIOS of 
computers?

>
> Therefore people tend to program in higher level (interpreted) languages
>
> On 3/21/06, Nate DeSimone <desimn at rpi.edu> wrote:
> > Thank you for sharing that, however it is off topic.
> >
> > Rick Langschultz wrote:
> > > Here are a few of my predictions of the future of the desktop. Having
> > > stepped back from the role of an internet developer in the past year I
> > > have been focusing more on the programming of binary executables.
> > > However, seeing the ever increasing change in desktop technology I am
> > > going to make a prediction of the future of executables in the
> > > operating system.
> > >
> > > My prediction is: binary executable software will no longer exist
> > > except for the underlying operating system. Instead the desktop will
> > > be a transparent web environment that will load AJAX applications and
> > > utilize web services to connect online data to desktop data. Also
> > > there will be minimum to no storage locally on the users desktop
> > > system, instead there will be online libraries filled with personal
> > > user data which will be in XML file formats, or other text-file based
> > > formats. This way a user can use a thumb print on the computer to
> > > access their personal data, and email on any computer in the world as
> > > well as in a variety of language formats.
> > >
> > > That is my prediction of the future of desktop systems of computer
> >
> > users.
> >
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