…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...
……回想起来，我越发觉得有意思。仔细想想，我年轻那会儿特别迷奇幻设定里的魔法系统。我说的是像 D&D、《Mage: The Ascension》这类东西。后来我读了 Rick Cook 写的《The Wiz Biz》，才意识到自己最后彻底被吸引了——书里主角领悟到，自己完全可以利用这套奇幻魔法系统的基础“第一性原理”，搭建出一套抽象层，从而实现现代……
…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…
……没错，而创造新法术肯定需要花费很多很多年去构建抽象层和“架构”，这样才能支撑更复杂的机制。另一本深入探讨这一点的书是 Rick Cook 的《The Wiz Biz》。这个系列后面的两本我还没看，但最酷的部分就是主角意识到，通过把某些基础法术组合起来，他实际上能造出一个本质上相当于编程……
…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…
Rick Cook 的《The Wiz Biz》。硅谷编程奇才意外穿越到了魔法世界。然而那里的施法工艺陈旧又僵化。一个充满好奇心的 hacker 会怎么做？当然是从零 bootstrap 出一套全新的魔法“编程”环境……
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…
如果你喜欢那个，可能也会喜欢 Rick Cook 的《The Wizardry》系列。这里有一段书商对第一本《The Wiz Biz》的简短简介：这一切始于白盟的法师们遭到黑盟对手的围攻，其中一位最强大的成员施展了一个法术，意图召唤出一名强大的巫师前来相助……
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…
……让周围的环境听命于他们。任何足够先进的技术都与魔法无异（反之亦然）。这让我想起以前读过的一本（虽然有点俗气但挺有趣的）奇幻小说，叫《The Wiz Biz》[1]。[1] http://www.amazon.com/The-Wiz-Biz-Rick-Cook/dp/0671878468/re...
…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...
……回想起来，我越发觉得有意思。仔细想想，我年轻那会儿特别迷奇幻设定里的魔法系统。我说的是像 D&D、《Mage: The Ascension》这类东西。后来我读了 Rick Cook 写的《The Wiz Biz》，才意识到自己最后彻底被吸引了——书里主角领悟到，自己完全可以利用这套奇幻魔法系统的基础“第一性原理”，搭建出一套抽象层，从而实现现代……
…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…
……没错，而创造新法术肯定需要花费很多很多年去构建抽象层和“架构”，这样才能支撑更复杂的机制。另一本深入探讨这一点的书是 Rick Cook 的《The Wiz Biz》。这个系列后面的两本我还没看，但最酷的部分就是主角意识到，通过把某些基础法术组合起来，他实际上能造出一个本质上相当于编程……
…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…
Rick Cook 的《The Wiz Biz》。硅谷编程奇才意外穿越到了魔法世界。然而那里的施法工艺陈旧又僵化。一个充满好奇心的 hacker 会怎么做？当然是从零 bootstrap 出一套全新的魔法“编程”环境……
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…
如果你喜欢那个，可能也会喜欢 Rick Cook 的《The Wizardry》系列。这里有一段书商对第一本《The Wiz Biz》的简短简介：这一切始于白盟的法师们遭到黑盟对手的围攻，其中一位最强大的成员施展了一个法术，意图召唤出一名强大的巫师前来相助……
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…