10 Print Chr$(205. 5+Rnd(1)); - Goto 10 |
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| Author:
| Montfort, Nick
Baudoin, Patsy
Bell, John
Bogost, Ian
Douglass, Jeremy
Marino, Mark C.
Mateas, Michael
Reas, Casey
Sample, Mark
Vawter, Noah |
| Series title: | Software Studies |
| ISBN: | 978-0-262-01846-3 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2012 |
| Publisher: | MIT Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $80.00 |
Book Description:
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This book takes a single line of code -- the extremely concise BASIC program for the Commodore 64 inscribed in the title -- and uses it as a lens through which to consider the phenomenon of creative computing and the way computer programs exist in culture. The authors of this collaboratively written book treat code not as merely functional but as a text -- in the case of 10 PRINT, a text that appeared in many different printed sources -- that yields a story about its making,...
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This book takes a single line of code -- the extremely concise BASIC program for the Commodore 64 inscribed in the title -- and uses it as a lens through which to consider the phenomenon of creative computing and the way computer programs exist in culture. The authors of this collaboratively written book treat code not as merely functional but as a text -- in the case of 10 PRINT, a text that appeared in many different printed sources -- that yields a story about its making, its purpose, its assumptions, and more. They consider randomness and regularity in computing and art, the maze in culture, the popular BASIC programming language, and the highly influential Commodore 64 computer.