Quantitative Analysis of Culture Using Millions of Digitized Books

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 A single line of code offers a way to understand the cultural context of computing. This book takes a single line of codethe extremely concise BASIC program for the Commodore 64 inscribed in the titleand 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 textin the case of 10 PRINT, a text that appeared in many different printed sourcesthat 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. "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."--Jacket

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 10PRINT, 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.

Ice And Mixed-phase Clouds -- New Instruments And Observational Techniques -- Radiative Transfer And Retrieval Methods -- Cloud And Aerosol Detection, Classification, And Radiative Impact -- Poster Session. Joanna D. Haigh, Chair/editor. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Annotation This volume 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 REM Variations in BASIC Mazes Rem Ports to other platforms Regularity REM Variations in processing Randomness REM One-liners BASIC REM A port to the Atari VCS The Commodore 64 REM Maze walker in BASIC Conclusion End. Linguistic and cultural changes are revealed through the analyses of words appearing in books.