Codework

Codework is "a type of creative writing which in some way references or incorporates formal computer languages (C++, Perl, etc.) within the text. The text itself is not necessarily code that will compile or run, though some have added that requirement as a form of constraint". The concept of and term 'codework' was originally developed by Alan Sondheim, but is also practiced by and used to refer to the work other Internet artists such as Mez Breeze. It is also sometimes referred to as net.writing. It is said 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 Moon is 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);
}