Index

series foreword                    ix 
acknowledgments                    xi 

introduction 
Matthew Fuller                     1 

algorithm 
Andrew Goffey                      15 

analog 
Derek Robinson                     21 

button 
Søren Pold                         31 

class library 
Graham Harwood                     37 

code 
Friedrich Kittler                  40 

codecs 
Adrian Mackenzie                   48 

computing power 
Ron Eglash                         55 

concurrent versions system 
Simon Yuill                        64 

copy 
Jussi Parikka                      70 

data visualization 
Richard Wright                     78 

elegance 
Matthew Fuller                     87 

ethnocomputing 
Matti Tedre and Ron Eglash         92 

function 
Derek Robinson                     101 

glitch 
Olga Goriunova and Alexei Shulgin  110 

import / export 
Lev Manovich                       119 

information 
Ted Byfi eld                        125 

intelligence 
Andrew Goffey                      132 

interaction 
Michael Murtaugh                   143 

interface 
Florian Cramer and Matthew Fuller  149 

internationalization 
Adrian Mackenzie                   153 
interrupt 
Simon Yuill                      161 
language 
Florian Cramer                   168 
lists 
Alison Adam                     174 
loop 
Wilfried Hou Je Bek                179 
memory 
Warren Sack                      184 
Contents
obfuscated code 
Nick Montfort                     193 
object orientation 
Cecile Crutzen and Erna Kotkamp  200 
perl 
Geoff Cox and Adrian Ward     207 
pixel 
Graham Harwood       213 
preferences 
Søren Pold 218 
programmability 
Wendy Hui Kyong Chun 224 
sonic algorithm 
Steve Goodman 229 
source code 
Joasia Krysa and Grzesiek Sedek 236 
system event sounds 
Morten Breinbjerg 243 
text virus 
Marco Deseriis 250 
timeline (sonic) 
Steve Goodman 256 
variable 
Derek Robinson 260 
weird languages 
Michael Mateas 267 
bibliography 277 
about the contributors 313 
index 321