SGA programming language?

I'm really bored so I thought I'd bring up a really geeky discussion.

In Stargate Atlantis, all of the ancient's stuff are ingeniously programmed and far more advanced then what we have in real life. They can program life-detection systems, control energy sources, etc. What do you think their programming language would look like?

Personally, I believe that they would need to have a solid framework and that they coded their stuff in something that didn't require a lot of time. But in the same time they would need to be able to change a lot of details. So I think they have a huge framework that they then can manipulate in great detail with their programming language.

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c4p_sl0ck wrote: What do you think their programming language would look like?

It'd look like bunnies and lollipops. What kind of answer are you expecting to get exactly? It's not the programming language that would be different necessarily, but the hardware and equipment it interfaces with.

ynori7 wrote: [quote]c4p_sl0ck wrote: What do you think their programming language would look like?

It'd look like bunnies and lollipops. What kind of answer are you expecting to get exactly? It's not the programming language that would be different necessarily, but the hardware and equipment it interfaces with.[/quote]

I'm not expecting anything really. It just popped into my mind, "what would it look like?".

c4p_sl0ck wrote: I'm not expecting anything really. It just popped into my mind, "what would it look like?".

That mainly depends on the hardware. Is it still base-two based?

spyware wrote: [quote]c4p_sl0ck wrote: I'm not expecting anything really. It just popped into my mind, "what would it look like?".

That mainly depends on the hardware. Is it still base-two based?[/quote]

That I don't know. Since it's only fictional, you can decide. ;)

spyware wrote: [quote]c4p_sl0ck wrote: I'm not expecting anything really. It just popped into my mind, "what would it look like?".

That mainly depends on the hardware. Is it still base-two based?[/quote]

Maybe they've mastered quantum computing and a common computer has 12,000 yotaqudodecytes of RAM. :happy:

P.S.

Yota - 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 Qu - Reference to quantum computing Dodecayte - Consists of 8 Dodecits. Dodecit - Analogous to a "bit", a Dodecary (Base 12 Number System) digit is known as a Dodecit. (Dodecary Digit)

:p

KvK wrote: Maybe they've mastered quantum computing and a common computer has 12,000 yotaqudodecytes of RAM.

That's all still hardware related. Doesn't much impact higher level programming languages.

then how about a language that can literally interact with people? Say, programming a gun. Rather than having the mechanism that we commonly know of, think of it being all programmed. You push a button and it sends it as input to the gun, the output being the firing of a bullet. Think of that with other things. With your example of life-detection devices, the programming would have to literally make contact with the world outside of the machine to work. So the language would probably include different header files allowing for functions beyond our comprehension.

ynori7 wrote: [quote]KvK wrote: Maybe they've mastered quantum computing and a common computer has 12,000 yotaqudodecytes of RAM.

That's all still hardware related. Doesn't much impact higher level programming languages. [/quote]

True, but doing something such as bruteforcing a thousand digit DES hash would take mere seconds. This could allow for complicated futuristic algorithms to run through as fast as 2 + 2, leading to the development of insanely awesome utilities.

IE: life-detection systems, controled energy sources, etc. :happy: