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Lost Language of the Machines

This book is currently in the creation phase.

Introduction

In a world half a millennium in the future, where computer science as we know it has become the stuff of legends, two unlikely students embark on a journey through the annals of ‘ancient’ programming.

Meet the characters

flameyFlamey T46: a retro-style robot with a flair for debate, styled in the charming fashion of yesteryear’s technology. His settings? Permanently toggled to ‘teenager mode.’

starlaxverseStarlax Verse: a human girl whose heart melts at the slightest hint of cuteness. Guiding these two through the forgotten lore of loops and logic is.

evergreenProf. Evergreen: a scholar as steadfast as his name suggests, yet facing the modern-day plight of filling classroom seats.

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Table of Contents

  1. One and Zero (Draft Released)

Is 'Archaeology Principles: Controlled Silicon of the Past' (APCSP) class as dull as it is rumored? Follow Flamey and Starlaxverse to figure out...

  1. ASCII (Draft Released)

It turns out, in the very old days, 128 numbers was all it took to create every message and game on computers...

  1. Color and Image (Draft Released)

I see trees of 00FF00, FF0000 roses too…

  1. Logic Gate (Planned)
  2. Machine Code (Planned)
  3. Assembly (Planned)
  4. ...
  5. Hello World! (In Progress)

An alternative opening of the story, trying to add a main theme (building a minecraft style game world) to this story

Developer Instructions

The book is mostly built with React, Next.js, and Tailwind CSS.

To run it locally:

npm install
npm run dev -- -H 0.0.0.0

Copyright @2024 Xue Yong Zhi

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