Chris PirilloDec 22, 2022
you could write an entire basic program as a response to this post ~ #throwbackthursday #tbt #retro #retrocomputing #c64 #commodore #80s #computer #tech #pc #programming #software #softwaredevelopment
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10 PRINT CHR$(205.5+RND(1)); : GOTO 10

#10print #retrocomputing #C64 #Commodore #BASIC https://10print.org/

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

About 10 PRINT CHR$(205.5+RND(1)); : GOTO 10, a book from the MIT Press

10 PRINT CHR$(205.5+RND(1)); : GOTO 10
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Show threadChris PirilloDec 22, 2022
@mjgardner ...that would've been something I might've memorized back in the day.
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@mjgardner @ChrisPirillo They wrote a whole book on it 😉

👉https://www.thevideogamelibrary.org/book/10-print-chr-205-5-rnd-1-goto-10

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

Nick Montfort, Patsy Baudoin, John Bell, Ian Bogost, Jeremy Douglass, Mark C. Marino, Michael Mateas, Casey Reas, Mark Sample, Noah Vawter 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

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Show threadMark GardnerDec 22, 2022
@thevglibrary @ChrisPirillo Yes, that is where I got the image and I linked to the book's site: https://10print.org
10 PRINT CHR$(205.5+RND(1)); : GOTO 10

About 10 PRINT CHR$(205.5+RND(1)); : GOTO 10, a book from the MIT Press

10 PRINT CHR$(205.5+RND(1)); : GOTO 10
Show thread3DPProfessorDec 23, 2022
@mjgardner @ChrisPirillo One of my favorites.