Lincos
by Hans Freudenthal · first published 1960
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I used to have a copy of "Lincos: Design of a Language for Cosmic Intercourse", by Hans Freudenthal, 1960[1]. The book is literally a series of messages you can transmit by radio to an alien intelligence somewhere else in the universe…
on “Ask HN: What is the most obscure book you own?” ↗"CosmicOS is a way to create messages suitable for communication across large gulfs of time and space. It is inspired by Hans Freudenthal's language, Lincos, and Carl Sagan's book, Contact. CosmicOS, at its core, is a programming language, capable of expressing simulations. Simulations are a way to talk, by anology, about the real thing they model. CosmicOS…
on “CosmicOS: Coding for Contact” ↗Hans Freudenthal's Lincos (1960) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincos_language
on “Ask HN: Has anyone successfully POC-ed a math-based alien communications primer?” ↗