ENGL 467: Computer and Text (Spring 2004)


Writing and/as Code 2.0 (posted 31 March 2004)" ?>

Readings:

The Bug (cont.);
Steve Ramsay and Geoffrey Rockwell, “Writing as Programming as Writing”:
http://cantor.english.uga.edu/docs/u4.3.pdf/ (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader). Use this copy instead.

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Check this out. Perl Golf - http://perlgolf.sourceforge.net/ .

Almost seems like it could be the poetics of coding. There is an artistic and creative category as well.

Posted by: Tim Finley on March 31, 2004 03:06 PM | Permalink to Comment

From the site:

"Perfection is achieved not when you have nothing more to add,
but when you have nothing left to take away."

Reminds me of the comparison between programming and sculpture that gets made at one point in The Bug (p. 72).

Posted by: MGK on March 31, 2004 05:46 PM | Permalink to Comment