10 PRINT CHR$(205.5+RND(1));:GOTO 10
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Description
This book takes a single line of code--the extremely concise BASIC program for the Commodore 64 inscribed in the title--and uses it as a lens through which to consider the phenomenon of creative computing and the way computer programs exist in culture. The authors of this collaboratively written book treat code not as merely functional but as a text--in the case of 10 PRINT, a text that appeared in many different printed sources--that yields a story about its making, its purpose, its assumptions, and more. They consider randomness and regularity in computing and art, the maze in culture, the popular BASIC programming language, and the highly influential Commodore 64 computer.
ISBN
9780262018463
Publication Date
2013
Publisher
MIT Press
City
Cambridge, MA
Keywords
REM variations, BASIC, Comodore 64 computer, creative computing, mazes
Disciplines
Computer Sciences | Programming Languages and Compilers
Recommended Citation
Montfort, Nick; Baudoin, Patsy; Bell, John; Bogost, Ian; Douglass, Jeremy; Marino, Mark C.; Mateas, Michael; Reas, Casey; Sample, Mark; and Vawter, Noah, "10 PRINT CHR$(205.5+RND(1));:GOTO 10" (2013). Faculty and Staff Monograph Publications. 4.
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/fac_monographs/4