[NetBehaviour] Code Is Not Literature

[Pall Thayer]

But this is the sort of thing we see in art all of the time. Things taken
out of context or rendered in a way that they take on a new meaning. To
view code strictly within its conventional function when artists have begun
to experiment with it is silly. It's like assuming that the primary
function of paint will always be to cover walls while standing in front of
an elaborate painting on canvas.


On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 9:56 PM, Pall Thayer <pallthay at gmail.com> wrote:

> Everything needs to be decoded but it comes down to context. Someone
> attempting to decode my perl example as code might become very confused. It
> doesn't serve a purpose as a computer program. If you approach perl code as
> always having a useful function, it's not going to push your buttons. I
> could even see a serious perl programmer overlooking the serious message of
> the text. Who knows... perhaps I really am asking someone to push me off a
> cliff... but that's not what the code means. It has nothing to do with
> pushing a person, much less pushing a person over a cliff. It's simply
> adding an element to an array. And then, to top it all off, the array
> doesn't get used. Makes no sense. Or does it?
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> On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 9:38 PM, mez breeze <netwurker at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 1:19 PM, Pall Thayer <pallthay at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> And, as a reply to Seibel's comments, do we not "decode" literature?
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>> Mezangelle certainly needs to be decoded. Sometimes I even help out with
>> that [but only by "translating"/unpacking it into a diluted English
>> version, like here: http://wishforyouand.me/2014/01/23/day-20/ ].
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