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5I haven't read Richard Cook's "Wizardry" books since they came out (started 1989). Anyone with a copy they can check? The first one was in 1989 and I think I recall some programming in there, but it might have been real-life Lisp and/or Emacs Lisp rather than a fictional language. I don't remember.LAK– LAK2020-07-02 13:59:05 +00:00Commented Jul 2, 2020 at 13:59
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5The Moon is a Harsh Mistress mentions LOGLAN (in a single sentence) but that was a real language.Ross Presser– Ross Presser2020-07-02 14:11:05 +00:00Commented Jul 2, 2020 at 14:11
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4In the Wizardry series I know in the second book he brings in a team of programmers to create a Magic Compiler. A programming language to make casting spells easier and somewhat automated. "The Wizardry Compiled"Demize Glittersword– Demize Glittersword2020-07-02 14:12:46 +00:00Commented Jul 2, 2020 at 14:12
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24Babel-17 (1966) mentions ALGOL and FORTRAN, and also amusingly enough, later it mentions Ruby and Python in the same sentence! But it means two dancers with those names, not the computer languages :)Ross Presser– Ross Presser2020-07-02 14:17:06 +00:00Commented Jul 2, 2020 at 14:17
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2I'm sure Asimov had at least one story where a computer was programmed via code and not speaking to it ... but was it a named language?davidbak– davidbak2020-07-02 21:19:35 +00:00Commented Jul 2, 2020 at 21:19
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