Voyager’s computer, at least, works on quaternary (4 state) data rather than binary (2 state) data. They keep referring to data storage quantities in quads rather than bits or bytes.

[–] marcos@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Well, some languages are higher level than others. Pure microcode expanded binary is actually a rarity.

[–] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I wonder, are there any intermediate languages that are non-binary? Java bytecode and the Microsoft Intermediate Language are both represented by binary files I think.

[–] calcopiritus@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

JavaScript

[–] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Ah as an intermediary for TypeScript? Fair point.

[–] calcopiritus@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Also, most importantly. Assembly.