Sorry, just noticed this question (LessWrong notification system… suboptimal).
There isn’t a single place I can point and it is a MAJOR spoiler about the world of the book that is uncovered slowly over entire length of it, but picks up the speed at around the “Abstract War” chapter and later.
TLDR: it works like programming because it IS programming. On some level with some flexible definitions. Telling you more will be detrimental to the reading experience :)
The revelation in later chapters of why magic works like programming was especially nice
Which chapter? I’m particularly curious for that.
Sorry, just noticed this question (LessWrong notification system… suboptimal). There isn’t a single place I can point and it is a MAJOR spoiler about the world of the book that is uncovered slowly over entire length of it, but picks up the speed at around the “Abstract War” chapter and later.
TLDR: it works like programming because it IS programming. On some level with some flexible definitions. Telling you more will be detrimental to the reading experience :)