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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 boo...

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Main Authors: Montfort, Nick, Baudoin, Patsy, Bell, John, Bogost, Ian, Douglass, Jeremy, Marino, Mark C, Mateas, Michael, Reas, Casey, Sample, Mark, Vawter, Noah
Format: eBook Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge MIT Press 2012
The MIT Press
Series:Software Studies
Subjects:
BASIC
BASIC (Computer program language)
BASIC (Computer program language) > History
Computer programming / software engineering
Computers
Computing and Information Technology
Computing and Processing
Cultural and media studies
History
JBCT3 Media studies: advertising and society
Languages
Media Studies
programming
Programming and scripting languages: general
Social Science
Society and culture: general
Society and Social Sciences
Sociology
Technology
ISBN:9780262526746, 0262526743, 0262018462, 9780262018463, 9780262305501, 026230550X
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Summary: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.
Bibliography:Other Authors: Patsy Baudoin, John Bell, Ian Bogost, Jeremy Douglass, Mark C. Marino, Michael Mateas, Casey Reas, Mark Sample, Noah Vawter
Includes bibliographical references (p. 276-285) and index
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ISBN:9780262526746
0262526743
0262018462
9780262018463
9780262305501
026230550X