A 30 year-old one line BASIC program is the subject of a new book

Posted by joewooglin on Monday December 03, 2012 @11:28AM
from the itworld.com dept.

http://www.itworld.com/it-management/324600/code-cultural-artifact

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Re:A 30 year-old one line BASIC program is the subject of a ... by eitanpo on Monday December 03, 2012 @11:53AM (#4866318)

This is a great piece of history. A free digital copy is available http://trope-tank.mit.edu/10_PRINT_121114.pdf

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Re:A 30 year-old one line BASIC program is the subject of a ... by lutusp on Monday December 03, 2012 @11:40AM (#4866226)

Misleading title. A small BASIC program serves as an introduction to one topic in the book. This is like arguing that "It was a dark and stormy night" is the subject of a mystery novel.

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Re:A 30 year-old one line BASIC program is the subject of a ... by acron0 on Monday December 03, 2012 @11:54AM (#4866325)

An alien race will find this, convince themselves it's some kind of divine code and drive themselves insane trying to figure it out.

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