Recreational Programming

from Picture Me Coding · host Erik Aker and Mike Mull

Does anyone program just for fun anymore? This episode we're talking about recreational programming, with a focus on A.K. Dewdney's Computer Recreations column from the 1980s. Also, taco shops.https://cs.stanford.edu/~knuth/recreational-cs.pdfFUN 2026The New Turing OmnibusSend us Fan Mail

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