The rejuvenation of a great nation: from educated youth to national treasure scientist

Chapter 136 Compiler and Graphical Operating System [Subscription Request]

Judging from He Yiming's words, the highly educated people in Long Country still have a strong inferiority complex.

Many of these highly educated people have been to Western countries and have broadened their horizons.

When they see the high-rise buildings and bright lights in Western countries and compare them with the shabby and backwardness of their own country, their mentality is easily crushed and then they begin to have an idea: we are so poor and they are so rich, there must be something wrong with us, and we must learn from them in all aspects before we can make progress.

Intellectuals with a sense of patriotism would think of learning from foreigners in order to defeat them, while those who admire the strong and are selfish would simply kneel down with a plop.

Wang Haoran smiled faintly and said, "Don't think so highly of Western countries!"

"There are historical reasons why they are so developed now."

"If we start catching up from now on, maybe in ten years at most, we can stand on top of the world again!"

"Don't forget, we have been the most powerful and advanced country in the world for more than 4,000 years out of the past 5,000 years!"

He Yiming hesitated for a moment.

He felt that Wang Haoran was a little too arrogant.

Ten years later, can we stand on top of the world again?

It seems a little unlikely no matter how you look at it, doesn't it?
"Comrade Haoran, the West is advanced in all aspects. They have almost monopolized all high-tech industries, including automobiles, shipbuilding, aircraft, electronics, home appliance manufacturing, chemicals, textiles, etc. They are leading in all industries. It is a bit unrealistic to want to catch up within ten years..."

"You may be unhappy with what I said, but I still want to remind you that development must be done step by step. Only by keeping your feet on the ground and making steady progress can you accumulate advantages bit by bit."

He Yiming carefully considered his words and spoke to Wang Haoran.

Wang Haoran smiled and nodded, saying, "Teacher He is right. Do you know what the biggest gap is between our industry and that of the Lizard Kingdom?"

He Yiming thought for a moment and said, "The machinery and equipment are almost completely backward."

"The backwardness of machinery and equipment has led to a greater backwardness in production efficiency."

Wang Haoran nodded and said, "You see it very clearly."

"Xizang has already adopted a highly automated assembly line production, while most of our industries still rely on experienced workers to build them by hand."

"Let me give you a simple example: White Rabbit, a famous milk candy brand in my country, can only produce 800 kilograms a day, which is totally insufficient for the consumption of the whole nation."

"But if we introduce a machine assembly line production model, the output of White Rabbit may reach 80,000 kilograms a day, and there will be no shortage problem."

"So, our next step is to introduce mechanical assembly line operations in all walks of life!"

“This can greatly improve our production efficiency.”

"We must now develop our own domestic computers and domestic systems in order to empower future productivity!"

He Yiming nodded repeatedly.

He felt that Wang Haoran's gaze was a little too deep.

This young man seems to have a clear understanding of the development of the entire industry.

"Comrade Haoran, although I am still skeptical about your conclusion just now, I am willing to work hard with you to make our country develop faster," said He Yiming.

Wang Haoran nodded and said with a smile: "Thank you, Teacher He."

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In the next few days, Wang Haoran began to lead the team to focus on developing the compiler for the new programming language C++.

It is not easy to write a programming language compiler.

Traditional compilers are basically divided into three parts: front-end, optimizer, and back-end.

During the compilation process, the front end is mainly responsible for lexical and grammatical analysis, converting the source code into an abstract syntax tree.

The optimizer optimizes the intermediate code based on the front-end work to make the code more efficient.

The back end of the compiler is responsible for converting the intermediate code into machine language code for different platforms.

In the process of working on the compiler, Wang Haoran was responsible for building the framework, and then divided the work among several other programmers.

With everyone working together, it took another six days to finally get the C++ compiler done.

Of course, during these six days, Wang Haoran also focused on training Qiu Bojun. He wanted to see the limits of this kid.

Qiu Bojun is indeed very talented in computer programming.

He quickly mastered multiple programming languages.

The code he wrote was also very creative.

Just three or four days later, Qiu Bojun was able to write code himself.

Moreover, the code he wrote is quite sophisticated.

Even He Yiming was amazed and said, "Comrade Haoran, you have found a great treasure!"

"This kid is incredibly talented in programming. He can figure things out as soon as he figures them out."

"The code he wrote was also the most concise and effective."

"With proper training, he will surely become a world-class programmer in due time!"

Wang Haoran smiled and said, "This is what I call an unexpected success."

"Give him more opportunities in the future."

"Let him grow up as quickly as possible."

The C++ compiler was developed, and a brand new programming language was presented to the public.

In fact, most of the domestic programmers do not master the international advanced programming languages, and most of them only know basic and assembly.

He Yiming is an expert in assembly language programming.

In the process of creating the C++ compiler, He Yiming also gained a deep understanding and mastery of this new language.

He found that this new programming language was much easier to use than assembly language and basic.

With a C++ compiler, you can start preparing to write an operating system.

Another advantage of using the Unix system is that multiple machines can be linked together, everyone can work together, write code together, and finally integrate them together to form an operating system.

Wang Haoran has also figured out what kind of system he wants to create.

What he is thinking now is: since we are going to write a completely new operating system, we should not continue with the DOS model.

The dos operating system is not friendly to the general public, and various commands must be entered before the computer can be operated.

If you want to do it, just make a windowed mode operating system.

Even if the window is simplified and rough, the window mode is clearer and anyone can operate it.

Why is Apple Computer successful?

Isn’t it mainly because its MAC-OX operating system is an operating system with a graphical user interface?

This innovative operating system caused a sensation around the world when it first appeared, and it also established Apple's important position in the IT field.

Wang Haoran convened a meeting attended by all programmers in the team.

The participants included He Yiming, Ni Guangnan, Wu Xiaojun, Yan Yuanchao, Qiu Bojun and dozens of others.

These people can be said to be super talents in the field of domestic software programming.

Now, Wang Haoran has actually gathered them all into his team, which is a very rare thing.

After the meeting started, Wang Haoran first gave a brief introduction to the operating system he envisioned.

After Wang Haoran finished his introduction, Ni Guangnan raised his hand to speak first.

Wang Haoran smiled and nodded, saying, "Teacher Guangnan, please tell me."

Ni Guangnan said: "After listening to Comrade Haoran's idea just now, I think it is very creative, but it will be very difficult to write, right?"

"Also, the graphical user interface would probably require more disk space and would be too cumbersome. Such a large operating system would take up too much space and I think the computer would probably not be very useful."

"Of course, this is just my personal opinion."

He Yiming waited for Ni Guangnan to finish speaking, then said with a smile, "I cannot agree with Comrade Guangnan's views."

"I think if it can be turned into a graphical window, it will make computer operation easier and more convenient! It will be conducive to widespread promotion!"

"As for whether the graphics window will make the operating system too large, this is not necessarily the case. As long as the design is reasonable, we can optimize the operating system as much as possible and make it smaller."

“We can’t rush to deny a new thing!”

Ni Guangnan smiled and said, "What I said just now was indeed a bit conservative."

"Comrade Yiming also made a lot of sense."

“We should welcome new things instead of rushing to deny them.”

Ni Guangnan did not insist on his own opinion. He just took back his words.

Wang Haoran smiled and said, "The problem that Teacher Guangnan is worried about actually exists objectively."

"Teacher Yiming's point of view is also my point of view."

"Comrades, you can actually make any suggestions you have."

However, no one else made any further comments.

Everyone basically agreed with Wang Haoran's idea of ​​writing a graphical operating system window. Everyone also believed that if such an operating system could really be developed, it would be a huge subversion for electronic computers.

All previous computers, whether mainframes, midrange computers or minicomputers, were input-command operating systems.

Seeing that everyone had reached a consensus, Wang Haoran began to talk about his ideas for writing the operating system for this plan.

In fact, an operating system is composed of a combination of module functions.

There are five main modules: storage, process, device, file and user interface.

These modules are combined into an organic whole and work together, so that the operating system can effectively manage and control the computer's hardware and software resources.

To run an operating system, you need a stable system framework so that the entire system can run smoothly.

Of course, since we are writing a domestic operating system, Chinese localization will be a very important consideration.

Wang Haoran broke down his idea and drew a schematic diagram on the blackboard.

He will try his best to make all the participants understand his ideas.

After all, he was going to distribute the writing of various parts of the operating system.

He wants all programmers involved in the writing to be able to work according to his own ideas.

Wang Haoran spoke for four hours straight and finally finished. During his speech, all the participants were fascinated, and many people wrote in their notebooks while listening.

After Wang Haoran finished speaking, he gave everyone time to ask questions and answer them.

All in all, the meeting lasted more than 5 hours.

After answering the last question, Wang Haoran smiled and said, "For the next period of time, everyone should focus on writing our Pangu operating system."

"I have just divided the tasks among everyone."

"Everyone will write their own tasks according to my requirements, and I will be the one to do the final integration."

"Anyway, we are making history right now!"

“Comrades, teachers, let’s work hard together!”

It is already April.

While coordinating the operating system writing tasks, Wang Haoran also had to integrate previous computer hardware achievements and form a production line.

Of course, production tasks can also be divided and coordinated. For example, one company produces the chassis, another produces the chassis power supply, and so on. This can also greatly improve production efficiency.

The most important thing is to upgrade production machinery and equipment and accelerate the reform of automated and standardized production.

All of these require a lot of coordination work.

If Wang Haoran were asked to do this himself, it would probably be as difficult as hell.

Fortunately, he doesn't need to do everything himself. He just needs to speak and someone will run errands and coordinate.

In mid-April, the results of the 4 National Science and Technology Awards were finally announced.

Wang Haoran eventually won the first prize of the National Science and Technology Invention Award and the first prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award.

He won two awards.

However, he was ultimately not selected for the National Highest Science and Technology Award, for which he had originally been highly favored.

This is mainly because scientists of the older generation who have made outstanding contributions to the country are also participating in the award evaluation.

After all, the country also has to consider the balance.

Wang Haoran was very satisfied with winning two first prizes.

His achievements that won him the first prize of the National Science and Technology Invention Award were the CPU Pangu architecture and the Pangu No. 1 CPU.

The achievement for which he won the first prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award was the color TV production line.

In fact, Wang Haoran has also had many important achievements submitted for awards, and these achievements are of quite high quality.

But it is impossible to give him all the awards.

It is a remarkable achievement for him to win two first prizes at such a young age, which is unprecedented and unparalleled.

When the National Science and Technology Awards were presented in 1978, many members of the team that worked with Wang Haoran won awards, and this time was no exception.

Lin Yuanchao, a professor at the Department of Electronic Computer Science at Tsinghua University, also won the coveted first prize in the National Science and Technology Invention Award.

His achievement is the memory stick with DICC architecture model.

This achievement was actually shared with Wang Haoran, but Wang Haoran asked him to be the host, and Lin Yuanchao won the first prize of the Science and Technology Invention Award for this achievement.

The invention award is one level higher than the progress award.

Of course, the highest level national science and technology award is the National Highest Science and Technology Award.

But this highest award is only given to two people each year, which is really difficult to get.

After Lin Yuanchao won the first prize of the National Science and Technology Invention Award, he was so excited that he burst into tears.

He really lacks such a significant national award!

Although it is not the country’s highest science and technology award, it is already quite rare.

Lin Yuanchao failed in the election for academician last year, mainly because he did not achieve enough!

When going to receive the award, Lin Yuanchao once again expressed his gratitude to Wang Haoran.

Because, if Wang Haoran hadn’t helped him, he would have had no chance of winning the award!
Xiao Renming won the award again this time. His winning achievements are the high-frequency heads for domestic color TVs and the automatic alignment system for chip lithography machines.

The high-frequency head is very important for domestic color TVs, but the automatic alignment system of the lithography machine is even more significant.

Without an automated alignment system, chip lithography would not be possible to complete smoothly and efficiently.

Therefore, Xiao Renming won the first prize of the National Science and Technology Invention Award as he wished.

This made Xiao Renming very excited because he had never had the chance to win the highest award for invention in the past.

Xiao Renming knew in his heart that he won the award for the second time because of his son-in-law.

Because, if Wang Haoran had not given him the opportunity and the research ideas and direction, he would not have been able to develop the high-frequency head and automatic alignment system for the lithography machine.

……

In fact, as many as twenty-four awards were given out in this National Science and Technology Awards, centering on the two major projects chaired by Wang Haoran, namely domestic color TV production lines and the entire domestic chip industry chain.

Among them, Beijing Institute of Technology received 13, and other partners received a total of 11.

When people in Longguo's scientific circle saw the results of the awards, they all exclaimed: Wow, is Wang Haoran's research team about to take all the awards?
……

Beijing Institute of Technology once again reaped great rewards in the National Science and Technology Awards. As the president, Liu Xianchao was naturally very proud and happy.

He knew that without Wang Haoran at Beijing Institute of Technology, the school would not have been able to perform so well.

Because Beijing Institute of Technology has achieved fruitful results in scientific research and made great contributions to the country's science and technology and industrial development, the amount of national funding received by Beijing Institute of Technology now ranks fourth in the country.

Ahead of it, there are only Peking University, Tsinghua University and Fudan University.

But there is still a problem that must be solved, that is: Wang Haoran is already a leader in scientific research, but he is still a student of Beijing Institute of Technology!
Liu Xianchao made up his mind that special matters must be handled specially and Wang Haoran's academic qualifications problem must be solved as soon as possible.

It would be a bit embarrassing if this problem is not solved.

Liu Xianchao reported to the higher-level education authorities, requesting that Wang Haoran undergo a special assessment and then be directly issued an undergraduate degree certificate. Of course, Beijing Institute of Technology has now restored its graduate training mechanism, and if possible, it would be best to help Wang Haoran directly obtain his master's and doctoral degree certificates.

Liu Xianchao submitted this report to the Ministry of Education.

After receiving the report, Wang Zhenyun, the head of the Ministry of Education, did not dare to neglect it. After a meeting, everyone agreed that since Wang Haoran was already a young leader in the scientific community of Longguo and had made great contributions to the country, special treatment could indeed be given. The school would conduct a comprehensive assessment of Wang Haoran's academic ability, and if he met the assessment standards, he could be awarded graduation certificates for each stage of education.

Of course, for the sake of fairness and justice, the Ministry of Education will also send people to participate in this assessment.

The assessment time is set for the morning of June 6rd.

After confirming all this, Liu Xianchao excitedly went to the laboratory to find Wang Haoran.

Today, the domestic Pangu operating system is being written in full swing.

Wang Haoran usually stays in the big laboratory and works with all the programmers.

A total of more than 30 programmers were used for this domestic operating system task.

All the programming elites in Dragon Country are here. Now, an area in Wang Haoran's large laboratory has almost become a computer room.

If anyone else came and saw what was happening, they would be shocked.

Because there are so many microcomputers here.

Today, according to official statistics, the entire Dragon Country produces only a dozen computers a year.

Domestic computers are still basically mainframes and logic calculation computers similar to large calculators.

Wang Haoran is basically a free man in this programming team.

He himself is responsible for guiding the work of team members.

He is basically the one who helps solve any problems members encounter.

Because there was a clear design framework and ideas, and Wang Haoran was in control, the writing of the domestic operating system was quite smooth.

There are new developments every day.

When Liu Xianchao arrived at Wang Haoran's laboratory, it happened to be the team's break time.

There is a TV in this laboratory.

The TV is on at the moment.

The national station is currently reporting the news.

The war in the south has already begun.

In fact, it started just after the Spring Festival.

That battle was fought with great force, because we had advanced artillery reconnaissance radar, more user-friendly Type 56 modified submachine guns and individual thermobaric rockets. So, after the battle started, we advanced straight into the enemy and beat them to a pulp.

It took only a little over 10 days to wipe out more than elite troops of the enemy.

The war is now in its final stages and is basically over.

This battle also shocked the world.

The news on TV now is about the negotiations between the two sides.

When Liu Xianchao entered the laboratory, he did not rush to talk about business with Wang Haoran. Instead, he watched the TV news for a while and talked to Wang Haoran about the recent battle that demonstrated the military's might.

"Comrade Haoran, the officers and soldiers on the front line are full of praise for you and respect you like a god!"

"The artillery detection radar you developed played a huge role. The enemy didn't have many artillery pieces to begin with, but once the battle started, we destroyed them all in a short time."

"And your individual thermobaric rocket is also a good thing. The soldiers on the front line said that it is very useful for attacking strongholds and can often hit the target with one shot."

"It's a pity that the production capacity of individual thermobaric rockets can't keep up. Otherwise, the losses on our side might be smaller."

Wang Haoran naturally knew the feedback from the battlefield.

In fact, because the three types of equipment he developed were very successful, he had been commended by the military several times.

Wang Haoran chatted with Liu Xianchao for a while, and then asked with a smile: "Is there anything I can do for you, Principal?"

Liu Xianchao nodded and said, "Yes, there is something I want to discuss with you. How about we go outside and talk about it?"

Wang Haoran followed Liu Xianchao to the small office in the experimental building.

"Haoran, it's like this..." Liu Xianchao told him about the plan to conduct a comprehensive assessment of him in advance.

This is naturally a great thing for Wang Haoran. He can get his academic diploma in advance and he doesn't have to worry about it anymore in the future.

(End of this chapter)