Comment by Philippe Rzetelski on "What teaches the computer machine code?"

CommentWhat teaches the computer machine code?

Philippe Rzetelski

Jan 30, 2018

Some great responses already. I would also highly recommend 'Code' by Charles Petzold and after that the Nand2Tetris companion book where you actually build a computer from gates up (on the computer using a Hardware Description Language). Building a computer yourself will probably be the best way to really know what is going on, especially after reading 'Code' and the other answers/sources here.

stuff ;)

Jan 31, 2018

nand2tetris is real fun :)

Rich Glascodine

Self Taught Hacker who loves the details

Jan 31, 2018

Nice! Code is a wonderful introduction - I bought it ages ago - I guess I stopped reading at the part where it explains my question in the original post! Doh!

Rich Glascodine

Self Taught Hacker who loves the details

Jan 31, 2018

When I build one I'll share some stories if Hashnode is around then! I'm sure it will be :-)

Philippe Rzetelski

Jan 31, 2018

Yeah, if you liked Code, I would definitely read it again, or continue reading it, and really try to understand it and absorb it. And yes Petzold answers your exact question!

Philippe Rzetelski

Jan 31, 2018

I am actually doing Nand2Tetris right now (I realised my answer could have been interpreted as if I have done it already, however my statement still stands). Definitely share your stories, and any questions or observations too.

If you are interested, and you do end up doing nand2tetris, here is my nand2tetris github repo where I will be pushing files up as I do them:

github.com/przet/nand2tetris

I am up to the gate construction at the moment. I have previously done some study on this topic from the level above gates and hardware interpretation of command (so the software level) but I am hoping this will help solidify concepts.

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