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Re:The computer poetry of J. M. Coetzee's early programming ... by gorgoiler on Saturday November 15, 2025 @03:38PM (#45940434)
For me, Brian Westley is the greatest code poet of all. His poem was a winner in the 1990 round of the International Obfuscated C Code Competition under "Best layout - poetic exchange between lovers":

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ioccc-src/winner/refs/head...

Love is a not a toilet

From: https://www.ioccc.org/1990/westley/index.html

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Re:The computer poetry of J. M. Coetzee's early programming ... by noman-land on Saturday November 15, 2025 @03:49PM (#45940501)
This is pretty astonishing and also very fun to read.
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