The Wiz Biz
by Rick Cook · first published 1997
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…their environment respond to them. Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic (and of course the corollary). Reminds me of a (somewhat cheesy but fun) fantasy book called The Wiz Biz[1] I read once. [1] http://www.amazon.com/The-Wiz-Biz-Rick-Cook/dp/0671878468/re...
on “CodeSpells – Craft Magical Spells Using Code [video]” ↗…back, the more intrigued I become. When I think about it, I was fascinated by fantasy-based magic systems when I was younger. I'm talking things like D&D, Mage: The Ascension, etc. Then I read "The Wiz Biz" by Rick Cook and realized that I was sucked in at the end when he realized how he could harness the basic "first principles" of this fantasy magic system to build abstractions that allowed for modern…
on “What Is 'What Is Code?'” ↗…right, and creating new spells must have taken many many years of building up abstraction layers and "architecture" so as to allow more complex mechanisms. Another book that delved into this was "The Wiz Biz" by Rick Cook. Haven't read the second two books in the series yet, but the cool part was when he realized how by combining certain basic spells, he could create something that was essentially a programming…
on “What Kind of Sorcery Is This? Why code is so often compared to magic” ↗The Wiz Biz, by Rick Cook Silicon Valley programming wiz finds himself transported to a magical world. Spellcraft is archaic and stagnant. What's a curious hacker to do? Bootstrap a new magical 'programming' environment…
on “colorForth (2009)” ↗If you like that you might also like The Wizardry series by Rick Cook Here a short description from some bookseller for the first book "The Wiz Biz": It all began when the wizards of the White League were under attack by their opponents of the Black League and one of their most powerful members cast a spell to bring forth a mighty wizard to aid…
on “Common tech jobs described as cabals of Mesoamerican wizards” ↗