- Published: 29 August 2014
- ISBN: 9780262526746
- Imprint: MIT Press Academic
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 328
- RRP: $85.00
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- Published: 29 August 2014
- ISBN: 9780262526746
- Imprint: MIT Press Academic
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 328
- RRP: $85.00
10 PRINT CHR$ (205.5 + RND (1)); : GOTO 10, a new book collaboratively written by 10 authors, takes a single line of code—inscribed in the book's mouthful of a title—and explodes it. That one line, a seemingly clumsy scrap of BASIC, generates a fascinatingly complicated maze on a Commodore 64.... Though 10 PRINT CHR$ (205.5 + RND (1)); : GOTO 10 is occasionally whiplash-inducing in its headlong rush through history, the connections it makes over 294 pages are inspired. One of the most compelling sections of the book discusses the cultural history of mazes, relating 10 PRINT's maze back to the labyrinth of Knossos, where, according to the great Greek myth, Theseus waged battle with the terrifying Minotaur.—Geeta Dayal, Slate—