Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2012 16:33:59 -0500
Subject: [WSFA] "10 PRINT CHR$ (205.5 + RND (1)); : GOTO 10 "
From: Michael Walsh <walshmichaelj at gmail.com>
To: WSFA Official List <wsfa-forum at yahoogroups.com>, WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
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"10 PRINT CHR$ (205.5 + RND (1)); : GOTO 10, a new book
collaboratively written by 10 authors, takes a single line of
code=97inscribed in the book=92s mouthful of a title=97and explodes it."

"The book, which has also been released for free download under a
Creative Commons license, unspools 10 PRINT=92s strange history and
dense web of cultural connections, winding its way through the
histories of mazes and labyrinths, grids in modern art, minimalist
music and dance, randomness, repetition, textiles, screensavers, and
Greek mythology. There are forays into early computer graphics,
hacking, Cold War military strategy and Pac-Man. References abound,
from the Commodore 64 user=92s manual to Roland Barthes=92 S/Z. This is a
book where Dungeons and Dragons and Abstract Expressionism get equal
consideration."

The review:
http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/books/2012/11/computer_programming=
_10_print_chr_205_5_rnd_1_goto_10_from_mit_press_reviewed.html

If your browser has broken the above:
http://tinyurl.com/cozm3ew

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