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Some background:

I was going through some old photos of mine, and I came across old doodles I had made during algorithms class (while getting my bachelor's in computer science).

I remember these scribbles being some attempt at inventing some kind of magic system that works like programming, for using in a story or video game one day. I ended up forgetting all about it, and now I don't remember what the symbols mean.

So:

Can you figure out what the following doodles mean?

(Disclaimer: I doubt these bits are complete programs. They're probably just snippets of some larger magic/code I was thinking of.)

First bunch of runes

Second bunch of runes

I haven't yet given it a shot yet (so I'm not even sure yet what the correct answer is - yet).
Figured you guys might enjoy it as well.

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probable decipher

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Too little information given, anything here would be a speculation. I assume symbols on the right are names for new functions, on the left is their definitions.

if (F1 is true) (set F2 false, return U), if (F1 is false) (return L)
if (F1 is false, return L), is (F1 is true)(set F2 false, return U)

Than you just rewrote the second (equivalent) function two times more. The last one is
if (D1 is true) (return D).

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  • $\begingroup$ You're absolutely right about too little information. I myself don't know what this means, and I wrote it! Your answer is very good, although I don't think it's what I meant at the time. This language was meant to be some kind of magic language that can affect the real world. $\endgroup$
    – Yehuda Shapira
    Commented Nov 14, 2018 at 10:12
  • $\begingroup$ I've been thinking about it, and given the fact that this isn't a "fair" riddle with a definitive answer, any answer that solves the runes (whether it's my original - and forgotten - intention or not) should be accepted. $\endgroup$
    – Yehuda Shapira
    Commented Nov 15, 2018 at 7:31
  • $\begingroup$ This looks like it could be a partial encoding for a light-seeking robot, where the registers represent sensors, and the actions are motions. $\endgroup$
    – Konchog
    Commented Jan 4, 2022 at 3:00

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