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I think bytes are next. Then bits. Then the glory of square waves. Seriously, I can understand the fascination with something so fundamental to programming.
by stretchwithme 16y ago
I think bytes are next. Then bits. Then the glory of square waves.
Seriously, I can understand the fascination with something so fundamental to programming. I'm just surprised the favorite editor wasn't mentioned.
- heyrhett 16y agoHave I told you guys how much i love electrons lately?
- awakeasleep 16y agoSquare waves and electrons are seriously some of the most beautiful, incredible things. But for my money, how about logic? Why the hell do logical operators make sense, how have ideas with absolutely no physical basis taken a life of their own and woven all this magic around us?
- pavel_lishin 16y agoYou ought to read Stephenson's Anathem.
- stretchwithme 16y agoBlame Aristotle.
- sliverstorm 16y agoI usually think of logic as rigorously defined language, rather than built-up math. (Math being based in the physical world, and language being purely ephemeral) From that point of view, 'or' 'and' 'not' and 'xor' make perfect sense.
- sliverstorm 16y ago> I think bytes are next. Then bits. Then the glory of square waves. It's hard to really quite grasp just how crazy computers are without mucking about in some square waves for a few hours :)
- dctoedt 16y ago> I'm just surprised the favorite editor wasn't mentioned. It was, at least inferentially: Emacs.