cover

todo

format

conclusion

chap 4 - programming

programming languages

styles

emotions and functionality

Implied in the design of the Source Code Poetry competition is the idea that the writing of code is an artistic enterprise. Indeed, “real” programmers are the ones whose code itself is poetry in motion. The emphasis on executable code reveals aesthetic possibilities of programming languages that blend form and function. Such poems are fascinating because they are variably accessible and inaccessible to readers, a function of their readers’ knowledge of programming languages and facility with poetry. They also provide means of expression in multiple ways: the visual aesthetics of the code on the page, an aural dimension if read aloud, and the output rendered by the code when compiled. Their possibilities for interpretation, then, are fragmentary, requiring negotiation on these many fronts to appreciate and understand.

in the last section, 5.3

chap 3 - beauty

overall, I should keep in mind that I do not have a technical audience, and I should rework/remove a lot of the examples, and add extensive discussions and rationale as to why those examples are there

aesthetics

literature

architecture

mathematics

chap 2 - understanding

chap 1 - ideals

introduction