From: | Carsten Gehling carsten@**********.dk |
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Subject: | SR program languages (was: Re: [ADMIN] Re: Not the Crash of '29 but '00 :-) ) |
Date: | Fri, 5 May 2000 07:46:09 +0200 |
Sent: Friday, May 05, 2000 12:44 AM
> No problem. .. what language are programs written in in SR? So if I wanted
to
> make something like this for my decker to upload to an LTG somewhere, I
would
> know what it could and couldn't do. On a more general note, I've heard a
rumor
> or two about matrix book(s) coming out. Will these go into more detail on
> programming electronics, programs, and chips? Or would telling me give
away too
> much cool information? :)
A long time ago I read in one of the books that programs were written in
some sort of symbolic code language. IMHO looking at the recent development
of quantum computing, I believe the next-generation computer used in the
Shadowrun universe must be the Quantum Computer. Given the nature of this
type of computing could explain why storage is measured in pulses. You would
also need a f*cking fast processor to simulate the neural impulses that
create the Matrix.
The languages? Well certainly not VBScript! :-) Ranging from high-level
common user prog-lang (drag/drop symbolic components and setting up rules
and actions) to low-level hardcore decker tools:
"copy con >neural_interface"
An interesting real-life notion: If you really want to create a virus that
could hit all platforms, shouldn't it be written in Java?
- Carsten
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