Underneath it all is transistors, and there are languages that add abstraction on top of that: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verilog http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki

Underneath it all is transistors, and there are languages that add abstraction on top of that: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verilog http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verilog The tension between simplicity, abstraction, and just throwing it all away is fascinating and ever present. "If people do not believe that mathematics is simple, it is only because they do not realize how complicated life is." - John von Neumann “Any darn fool can make something complex; it takes a genius to make something simple." - Albert Einstein.