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"Binary" is a weird place to start. Even adults dont start there.
by nsonha 3y ago
"Binary" is a weird place to start. Even adults dont start there.
- card_zero 3y agoYeah, it doesn't appear until page 26 of The Beginner's computer handbook https://archive.org/details/beginnerscompute0000unse/page/26/mode/2up?q=binary https://archive.org/details/beginnerscompute0000unse/page/26... Or page 10 of Inside the Chip, illustrated with Tron cycles https://archive.org/details/insidechip00hele/page/10/mode/2up?q=binary https://archive.org/details/insidechip00hele/page/10/mode/2u... It's on the cover of Machine code for beginners, but nobody read that one first. (It's available in full though, BTW.) https://archive.org/details/machine-code-for-beginners https://archive.org/details/machine-code-for-beginners
- nsonha 3y agoI have a computer science degree. The point is: binary is a boring thing and some what irrelevant to the computer CONCEPT, it only becomes relevant when you delve into logical gates and and stuff. It's weird that someone would approach a book for kids the same way they do for adults. Instead of painting a top-down, inspiring picture, they start with some boring building block that's arguably not even on the critical path.
- getwiththeprog 3y agoI think it is fine to start with binary. But what I need is REALLY simple examples of constructing with binary.