Codework
Codework is the mixing of writing with the code of various computer languages. It was originally created and given its name by Alan Sondheim1. It is also sometimes referred to as net.writing. It is said2 to have been inspired by the eclectic poetry of e.e.cummings.
Codework has been used for many forms of writing, mostly poetry and fiction. Duc Thuan's Days of the Java Moonis an example of fiction in the codework style. For example:
//Feeling.
if(ashamed++ == losing self-esteem.S_____ wasn't on diet) [re]solution =
would stop eating lunch next time;
//Result.
after all = S_____ couldn't resist to eat when see[sniff]ing food
("ate();", felt defeated & self-disgusted x 1000);
}
This is not the only form of codework in existence, many authors have also named their codework different things.
Mary Ann Breeze net.wurked
Talan Memott rich.lit
Ted Warnell Codepoetry
1. Sondheim, A. 2001, ABR, Vol 22, Issue 6.
2. "Code". Retrieved 2007-01-25.