10 PRINT CHR$ (Software Studies)

By: Nick Montfort and John Bell and Ian Bogost and Patsy Baudoin and Jeremy Douglass

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Synopsis: A single line of code offers a way to understand the cultural context of computing.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.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 328 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9780262304573
Related ISBNs:: 9780262018463
Publisher:: MIT Press
Date of Addition:: 11/05/20
Copyrighted By:: Nick Montfort, Patsy Baudoin, John Bell, Ian Bogost, Jeremy Douglass
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Computers and Internet, Social Studies
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.