Shannon's Journal Discussion Thread, Vol. 8

[Shannon]

We have four people currently testing 6G-aplpha test, including Duke. Very interesting results so far.

Come on, man...don't do that to us...



Inquiring minds want to know...

I could tell you more if...

A) There wasn't so much risk of hype.  I want to prevent hype, so you can assess 6G as it really is, instead of compared to some insane imaginary expectation.
B) I have ongoing testing happening, and some of this information is kept classified even between testers. 

Going to emphasize the qualifiers, but here's what I can tell you so far that (hopefully) will not cause problems:

* 6G-Alpha test is reported to be smoother than 5.11.5G.
* 6G-Alpha Test seems to produce results noticeably faster than 5.11.5G, both directly and indirectly.
* 6G-Alpha Test appears to be doing things that aren't necessarily expected in it's efforts to achieve the program goals. 
* 6G-Alpha Test is reported to be a significantly different experience overall than using 5.11.xG.  

It's a good idea to emphasize the qualifiers because we are still relatively early in testing right now, so we don't have hard facts yet.  We have what we see gathering repetitions in the reporting so far but we do not have absolute certainty yet.  

I know you're excited, guys and gals, but NO HYPE and NO EXPECTATIONS.  I didn't just spend 13 years developing this to have anyone tell me it's not good enough because they worked themselves into a frenzy of ridiculous imagined outcomes that results in unreasonable or impossible expectations.  6G confidently appears so far to be significantly improved over 5.11G, but it is not, and was never intended to be, a magic wand.  Wait and see for yourself what it actually does before you decide what you think, please.

That said... I'm really enjoying how much better the build process is for 6th Gen than it was for 5.x G.  This is definitely going to allow me to build faster.  Kind of frustrated that we have to go through testing so slowly, because I'd love to build a few programs in it right now.  But safety must come first, followed by correctness.  This has to be the best I can make it with current technologies, because it has to stand for a significant amount of time.