Introduction to the Uxn/Varvara Personal Computing Ecosystem and Virtual Machine
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Summary
The article introduces the Uxn/Varvara ecosystem, a personal computing stack centered around a small virtual machine that enables running the same applications across various systems. It's designed with an implementation-first approach, tailored for hosting graphical applications, and is open for adoption as a release target. Uxn features its own unique programming language, and distributing Uxn programs is compared to sharing game ROMs for classic console emulators.
Key quotes
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It is designed with an implementation-first mindset and is tailored to our specific needs for hosting graphical applications, but is entirely open and welcomes anyone to adopt it as a release target.
Uxn is programmable in its own unique language, and the distribution of Uxn programs is akin to sharing game roms for classic console emulators.
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