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What is programming 'based' on? - MartyMcFly - Oct-15-2020
I've searched book sellers for a book about understanding what programming is based on (theory, how, why it works, etc.). I've recently started a book about Python for 'beginners', but the author has lost me on page 105. What would this topic be called? Who writes about it?
RE: What is programming 'based' on? - Larz60+ - Oct-15-2020
Perhaps: https://www.pearson.com/store/p/code-the-hidden-language-of-computer-hardware-and-software/P100001337335/9780735611313
RE: What is programming 'based' on? - ndc85430 - Oct-16-2020
You don't say which book you're currently reading or what you're having problems understanding. It might also be useful to try and help you with that.
RE: What is programming 'based' on? - Gribouillis - Oct-16-2020
I just heard Raymond Hettinger say that programming is making new words to make computers easier to use. That's basically our whole job he says.
RE: What is programming 'based' on? - bill_z - Oct-16-2020
Merriam-Webster says: Definition of programming: the process of instructing or learning by means of an instructional program.
We instruct the machine about what to do with the information provided.