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You're thinking of it much more high-poweredly than I (praise, not criticism!). I meant something simple, like (by analogy with La Disparition) trying to write
by JadeNB 11y ago
You're thinking of it much more high-poweredly than I (praise, not criticism!). I meant something simple, like (by analogy with La Disparition) trying to write code without using the letter 'e'.
In that vein, perhaps one can view code golf as a sort of programming analogue of Oulipo—or maybe even functional programming (try to write code without using mutation!).
- iraphael 11y agoOh yes, those experiments would have been fun. But let me explain what I had in mind. Potential Literature is about finding meaning in things. Meaning is human-made anyways, so anyone can find meaning in the most random of things. Having a randomly-generated, but still structured, text can allow for new meaning to come through. Think SubredditSimulator - generating random stuff, and letting the users find/create meaning for it.