Production designer Simon Whiteley, who was the creator of this code, spoke to CNet about the creation and why it was included. He said: “I like to tell everybody that The Matrix’s code is made out of Japanese sushi recipes. What were the sushi recipes included in The Matrix falling rain? Simon explained to Wired that sushi recipes are usually written in hiragana and kanji, which are syllabic and logographic characters, respectively. AdvertisementHowever, Simon instead opted to stylise The Matrix’s code as katakana, which are syllabic characters used for spelling foreign words.

Source: Huffington Post June 21, 2024 14:19 UTC