Chapter 441: Junior Brothers and Sisters’ New Mission

"You came at the right time. How are your studies going?" Gao Zhendong said with a smile.

“I have learned the first part roughly, but I may still have some distance to go before I can master it thoroughly,” Wu Shengyuan replied.

Nie Guoxing and Ma Juan: Yes, yes, yes.

Gao Zhendong smiled and said, well, he is quite honest.

What they learned in the past were all new things. If they took a semester to learn them, that would be enough. However, in a month, there was more than one subject. It should be no problem if they could remember them, but it would be unlikely if they could learn them all.

"What do you think of operating systems?"

"This system is great. It can be said that it has lowered the threshold for computer use by more than one level."

This sounds very plain and seems to have nothing to do with technology, but it actually makes a lot of sense.

All in all, for a system or a device, while satisfying its functions and performance, the most important thing is that it must be easy to use and affordable for people.

In fact, in the subsequent development of computers used by ordinary people, a considerable part of the hardware upgrades were eaten up by the four words "usage threshold". If we really talk about the performance or core functions of some commonly used software, if not no progress at all, then at least the improvement is limited.

But the ease of use has indeed improved a lot.

However, later on, the nature of the matter changed again. Ordinary people did not actually benefit much from the development of computers. Instead, programmers enjoyed it more, with the exception of games. After all, games consume too many resources. If they consume a little more, there would be nothing left.

In fact, many ordinary people are not aware of a problem at all. It sounds like the performance of computers has been greatly improved, but it seems to be still the same when used. Where did all this improved performance go?
First of all, those fancy features are basically useless, or they are partly used by the functions forced on users by developers.

In addition to the fact that many software have upper limits on speed requirements, another reason is that human perception has limits.

But there's another place where the improved computer performance can go that many people don't think of.

——Used by the programmers themselves!

There are various bloated suites, middleware, ready-made frameworks, etc., some of which are almost to the point where users only need a fried dough stick, but are forced to stuff them with steamed buns, dumplings, steamed buns, steamed buns, and dozens of disposable plates. They have to refuse them, otherwise they won’t be able to eat the fried dough stick.

In this way, it is convenient for programmers to write programs, but a considerable portion of computer resources is spent on making it convenient for programmers and improving their programming efficiency.

So people will find that the number of apps that can be installed on mobile phones with mainstream configurations has basically not changed. No matter how larger the mobile phone memory becomes, it will still be used up completely. But the user experience, sorry, remains the same.

There is a funny joke that early programmers had to use the entire keyboard, but later programmers only needed five keys: Ctrl, C, V, Delete, and Backspace. By the way, the last two only require one.

WinAmp, a very famous music software in the early 21st century, had an installation package of only a few MB. Its core music playback functions and effects were not inferior to those of the later several GB software, and it also supported network playback.

Gao Zhendong's mentor once told him an experience. As a technical person, when listening to people from large Internet companies introduce their projects, don't pay too much attention to their jargon, just look at the core principles. You will find that after stripping away the jargon, the core stuff may be very tacky.

Of course, this is only limited to the technical side. Other areas are slightly different and have different focuses.

For example, the edge computing gateway sounds very impressive, but in fact, if you dig deeper, you will find that the core components of a remote data collector with multiple communication functions that can perform preliminary processing and analysis of data may only cost eight yuan.

This is going too far, and it would be even more offensive if I say more.

"What do you want to do in there?" Gao Zhendong continued to ask.

"Obey the organization's arrangements!"

When you don't know how to answer this kind of question, just use this sentence. For the three little ones, they haven't even figured out the operating system itself, so it's obviously beyond their scope to answer this question.

This is your own choice, Gao Zhendong was happy.

He smiled and said, "Wait a moment."

Under the curious gazes of several fellow students, he turned around and started unlocking the safe.

Then he took out a large stack of papers.

This did not scare the junior fellow students. Instead, they became even more excited. It was a big topic!
Several people looked at Gao Zhendong expectantly. Gao Zhendong sat down with a stack of materials and asked with a smile: "During your study, did you learn about telnet and ftp?"

"Yeah, I know about it. It's a genius protocol." I learned the word protocol when I was learning telnet and FTP.

Although it seems that these two protocols are very simple now, as long as keywords and processes are formulated for various situations, those who have actually come into contact with them know that these two things are not so easy to do, especially the processes.

Not to mention that it has been 60 years. No one in China, or even abroad, has ever seriously and systematically worked on this kind of agreement.

So it’s not surprising that they evaluated him as a “genius”.

"Well, as long as you like it, this matter will be your follow-up work."

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For the three little ones, this was a blessing from heaven.

"Chief Engineer Gao, this mission is too important. We are afraid we can't do it well."

Gao Zhendong shook his head: "Don't think too much. I have done all the really important things. All you have to do is implement it in C language based on my results. There is no time limit or requirement in a short period of time. It is very generous. Don't feel pressured."

This is a part of the TCP/IP protocol cluster that Gao Zhendong cut out for the current situation and the foreseeable future in the short term.

Gao Zhendong has already completed the protocol part, and the rest is just to implement it in C language. It can be said that the most core part has been completed.

Ma Juan is straightforward: "Chief Engineer Gao, don't worry, we can do it well."

Gao Zhendong smiled and said, "Well, you guys take a look at these agreements first, and then take a look at the newly formulated "Software Development Document Preparation Guidelines". Don't rush to write them. Follow the requirements of the guidelines and write the first development document that needs to be written for me to review. Once it's reviewed, you can start working on it."

Nie Guoxing was more honest: "Boss Gao, what is the first document?"

Gao Zhendong laughed but didn't answer. Let's see how he understood it first.

Wu Shengyuan leaned over and said to Nie Guoxing: "This problem is the first problem we need to solve after reading the guidelines."

Gao Zhendong nodded. To him, TCP/IP was a bit too large. If the protocol itself could be copied directly, then the specific implementation would be too time-consuming.

After seeing off the three happy junior brothers and sisters, Gao Zhendong received a phone call.

It was a call from the Computing Institute, and the purpose was very simple. After digesting it for so long, they finally understood the operating system that Gao Zhendong had brought over. Then they realized, wow, this thing is so easy to use. It turned out that what they saw that day was just the surface of this thing.

Only at this point did they finally understand what Gao Zhendong meant by "get familiar with it first, then use it."

The call was to invite Gao Zhendong to attend a meeting. The Institute of Computing had already reported the matter of the operating system to the 12th Ministry of Machine Building, and also implemented Gao Zhendong's suggestion of asking the leader to name it.

The purpose of this meeting is, firstly, to introduce the operating system itself, and secondly, to finalize the name. No matter how much the leader likes the name, it is not convenient for him to have the final say. We still need to solicit everyone's opinions, especially Gao Zhendong, the compiler.

There were still a few days before the meeting, so the Operation Institute called early, mainly to inform Gao Zhendong, the most important person, first. If they notified him at the last minute, they might not be able to catch him.

After hanging up the phone, Gao Zhendong started his work. He had classes every Tuesday, so it was time to prepare for tomorrow's class.
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On Dome Plateau, the soldiers received a batch of new equipment.

"A new thing? Is it the same disposable bazooka as the last one?"

The Type 60 disposable rocket launcher is a rare weapon for all soldiers. After a period of training, everyone has a very high opinion of this thing.

Therefore, after receiving the task of trialing the new weapon, everyone’s first reaction was whether this thing was similar to a disposable rocket launcher?
"You wish. This time, not everyone will get one. There are two per class."

The soldiers opened the box with great interest, and what came into view were short, thick tubes with a trigger at the end of the tube.

Everyone was a little dumbfounded when looking at this thing. It seemed a little too thick for a gun, and a little too short for a cannon.

"Comrades, the cannon sent to us for trial this time is the cannon in the hands of our infantrymen. It can be used to attack the enemy's light armored vehicles and fire points. It was made by our comrades engaged in scientific research. This time, it was sent to us for trial and comments. During the trial, if there are any problems, first do not conceal them, and secondly do not try to solve them by yourself. These problems are very valuable to our comrades engaged in research."

Class 8, which was the first to complete the disposable rocket launcher training and hit the target last time, was eager to try.

For them, a small and inconspicuous equipment may be able to save many lives.

The rocket launcher operator from Squad 8 was the first to read the instruction manual in the box, which was a sign of respect for the professionals.

"Wow, this thing can hit people 400 meters away! Squad leader, what do you think it feels like to throw a grenade into the enemy trench from 400 meters away?"

The squad leader was overjoyed when he heard this. Putting aside other indicators, the range alone was already farther than that of much larger disposable rocket launchers.

(End of this chapter)