10 PRINT CHR $ (205.5 + RND (1)) ;: GOTO 10

    10 PRINT CHR$(205.5+RND(1)); : GOTO 10Is the name of a book published by MIT press, the authors of which study the history, aesthetics and philosophy of programming, based on the only tiny tiny one-line program on BASIC for the Commodore 64 computer, which generates a maze-like endless pattern. Actually, the title of the book is its full listing. This short demo was popular thirty years ago and was ported to many languages ​​and platforms.



    Starting from this line, the authors of the book make a deep immersion in the history of programming and the Basic language, the use of random numbers and repeating patterns in programming, the architecture of old computers and the archetype of the labyrinth in human culture - almost three hundred pages of fascinating reading.

    The authors give all the proceeds from the sale of the book to the charity Playpower , which is creating free educational games for developing countries on an open and extremely cheap 8-bit hardware platform. In addition, the book in PDF format is available for free download under the Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 license on the official website .


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