We often think of code as simply a series of instructions that are executed by a computer. But in many ways, this misses the true magic of what we're doing when we write code. When we convey instructions, we are expressing our intent to the world; we are saying These are the things that I want to occur.
Humans have been conveying instructions for as long as they've been around. One example of this is a simple cooking recipe:
Cut about three hundred grams of butter (small cubes!)
Take 185 grams dark chocolate
Melt it with butter over a saucepan
Break half dozen eggs, ideally large ones
Mix them together with a few cups of sugar
Instructions like these are quite easy to understand for a human, but you'll notice they follow ...
