Yeah this is true functional programming writ large.
The data, which is usually huge in comparison to the code, moves around slowly and transparently. The programming goes to the data. I'm willing to be the next step would be embedded memristor blocks in a human body, providing multiple PetaBytes of both storage and processing capability (and perhaps with some sort of primitive neural interface)
Well we're already embedding RFIDs in people, so chips with limited radio potential and some rudimentary processing power are a done deal.
The question becomes how these embedded processors will change over time. I don't think it's too unreasonable to imagine the memristor tech being used and adoption rates going up. The neural interface, of course, was extremely speculative. But the rest of it seems trivial. At least to me.
The data, which is usually huge in comparison to the code, moves around slowly and transparently. The programming goes to the data. I'm willing to be the next step would be embedded memristor blocks in a human body, providing multiple PetaBytes of both storage and processing capability (and perhaps with some sort of primitive neural interface)