Magic Programming / Spell Inventing / Potter Anagram / Cho

[Ronald Rae Yu]

No: HPFGUIDX 36149

(Computer programmers, hear!)

I've been thinking: how do wizards make up such
magical stuff like marauder maps (ok, doesn't sound
right), canary creams, self-stirring cauldrons, erised
mirrors (er...), Weasley clocks, and diggory badges?
We know the existence of spells - I imagine, to make a
magical object, you need to sort of 'program' a series
of spells and actions on some object. For example, to
make a something that lights up when there is trouble,
we can have (pseudocode):

if(trouble) lumos(object)

Of course it's not in code. Maybe they dictate it or
something. Thoughts on this?

Also, Hagrid told something about wizards' not having
invented a spell [our] Hermione can do. How do they
invent spells, and how do they make it universal? The
actual question is: Are spells invented? Don't all of
them exist all along, with the latin language already
present? (I don't know about 'stupefy' but you get the
point) I wouldn't call them 'invented' but 'first
used' by someone. Well...?

Hmm... I tried HARRY JAMES POTTER (Harry's full name)
on my anagram generator and got an interesting result:

MAJOR HYPE STARTER

And for those who wonder why JKR used the name Cho:

(jokingly)
Cho = Jo

Maybe it's just me.

-Ron Yu

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