Like how exactly can a bunch of letters, numbers, and punctuation symbols make your computer do all kinds of things? Plus what happens inside the computer when it executes the code?
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The letters, numbers, and punctuation (syntax) must be first somehow be translated into a binary representation which your CPU is hard-wired to react to. This is the “machine code” or binary instructions that the CPU runs on. There are a great many approaches you can take to get from “syntax” to “machine code” (see compilers, interpreters, etc)
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