[e-lang] On a capability-structured universe

[John Carlson]

It seems like ambient authority is similar to an objective universe  
(each subject basically sees similar stuff), and ocaps are similar to  
a subjective universe (each subject sees their capabilities).  Reality  
is a mixture between the two.


On Aug 19, 2009, at 5:27 PM, Kevin Reid wrote:

> I've occasionally pondered the idea of simulating a capability-
> structured universe; it would be essentially a capability operating
> system on a finite machine, but with a design such that the amount of
> computation occurring is constant ("conserved"); i.e. there are no
> errors such that programs stop and are not replaced by something else.
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> It occurred to me that the latter portion of Greg Egan's _Schild's
> Ladder_ depicts something similar to how such a universe (containing
> complex structures) might end up, or at least, similarly different
> from the universe we have. Well, so far as I recall the details; it's
> been a year or two since I read it.
>
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> Kevin Reid                                  <http://switchb.org/kpreid/ 
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