How do electronic circuits (microprocessors / transistors) process binary?

This is a very good link from this StackExchange post

I find the question difficult to ask properly in first place; and it is unfair to give OP a -1; so I made it 0. Also, you can see that the accepted answer isn't the upvoted answer...

But before I searched, I asked this first on Quora.

After that, I am wondering how does it step up to

• Assembler languages / Assembly?
• C language?
• Compiled to machine language specifics, like Lisp?

Comments

[Mehmed Duhovic]

Hi, I think that the book Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software will be the exact thing that you search for - because it will not only teach you about transistors and NAND gates but, also about hardware, software, and computing in general.

[Pacharapol Withayasakpunt]

I also came across, "how to build computer from scratch", and I realize it also need a clock, and some capacitors...

However, pieces can be very small. I wonder if I can try building one virtually; but not getting too far from limits of reality -- I wonder if I can build a computer from silicon and metal scraps.

[Mehmed Duhovic]

I think you can build a virtual controller using the NAND to Tetris tutorial, but I definitely recommend reading the book first - It really opened my mind when it comes to the most basics of computing.

[artydev]

nand2tetris.org/ :-)