10 PRINT from MIT Press

Описание: Merman looks at 10 PRINT from MIT Press, a book all about the famous one-liner program that generated a "maze" on the C64. That code - 10 PRINT CHR$(205.5+RND(1)); : GOTO 10

0:00 Intro
0:25 Cover & Blurb
0:55 Foreword & Introduction
2:09 Variations
3:11 Regularity
4:43 One-liners & BASIC
5:50 The Commodore 64
7:29 Conclusions
9:05 Outro

This remarkable book analyses the single line of BASIC code, looking at how the individual instructions work, how mazes and patterns have played a part in art and culture, and how the Commodore 64 produces the maze-like output. There are variations and ports of the program to other machines and programming languages, and plenty of illustrations and example code. It is a mix of geeky language and deep philosophy.

"A single line of code offers a way to understand the cultural context of computing." With 10 different authors collaborating under editor Nick Montfort, this is a fascinating book.

MIT Press is 60 years old this year (2022), and this book is part of the Software Studies series, looking at computer hardware and software in a different light. Other books in this and the related Platform Studies series include Racing The Beam on programming the Atari 2600, and How Pac-Man Eats.

Official page:
https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/10-pri...

Amazon UK page (hardback and Kindle editions):
https://www.amazon.co.uk/10-PRINT-CHR...

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