[madanparas]

There's a 300-page MIT Press book analyzing exactly this line of code: 10 PRINT CHR$(205.5+RND(1)); :GOTO 10. It's free as a PDF and covers the mathematics (Truchet tilings), the C64 hardware, and the cultural history. The article doesn't mention it.

[bombcar]

All this and no link? Shame!

https://10print.org/10_PRINT_121114.pdf

[gnabgib]

All this and no link to past discussions?

2019 (142 points, 60 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19481207

Original/2012 (153 points, 89 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4856207