6/22

margins of philosophy

systems of writing — i’ve put aside japanese but shouldn’t

Brooke-rose — computer languages

alphabets — sounds hieroglyphics —
sacred signs

the way english has simplified grammar but made spelling totally complicated — (i should look at the structure of chinese) —
binary numbers — what is the relationship of computer ‘languages’ to other languages — of ‘animal’ language to human languages — why is ‘animal’ separated from human —

TOWARD SOME WRITING
previously i referred to ‘the book’ — which should have been ‘a’ ‘book’ —
i think i had some preliminary ideas that the book was an outmoded form — out dated (interesting word — 'out' — )
web site — place — a place of/for writing (in)
(into)
processing words —

(another interesting word usage —
food processor
word processor
procedures
procedural languages
object oriented languages)