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

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



Building on 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 repetitive 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 Playpower , a charitable organization that creates 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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