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r/worldbuilding • … • u/CommodorePrinter69

Could Magic be treated like a Programming Lanaguage?

I've come across a few versions of this post already, but after watching some of "My Uncle from Another World" I decided I kinda wanted to see what we think ten years later; Could Magic be performed in a similiar way to a Programming Language and if so how would you define various parts? We have some systems defining Word Magic which seems kinda Programming like, letting you define various components to help pick an outcome, and as far as I can tell Full Metal Alchemist more or less runs with this idea of "You can do anything you can define and balance".

What are your thoughts? What are your programming languages? What's a magical programming bug look like?

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