{"id":13,"date":"2006-02-12T18:50:33","date_gmt":"2006-02-12T17:50:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tbook.constantvzw.org\/?p=13"},"modified":"2006-02-12T19:49:31","modified_gmt":"2006-02-12T18:49:31","slug":"open-source-softwares-conceptual-writings-minimal-art-and-printed-matters-typography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.tbook.constantvzw.org\/open-source-softwares-conceptual-writings-minimal-art-and-printed-matters-typography\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Source Softwares, Conceptual Writings (Minimal Art) and Printed Matters (Typography)"},"content":{"rendered":"
There are interesting similitude in “succession of actions” (algorithms) that we can find on the 3 subjects<\/p>\n
In mathematics and computer science, an algorithm is a procedure (a finite set of well-defined instructions) for accomplishing some task which, given an initial state, will terminate in a defined end-state.<\/p>\n Informally, the concept of an algorithm is often illustrated by the example of a recipe, although many algorithms are much more complex; algorithms often have steps that repeat (iterate) or require decisions (such as logic or comparison).<\/p>\n The concept of an algorithm originated as a means of recording procedures for solving mathematical problems such as finding the common divisor of two numbers or multiplying two numbers. The concept was formalized in 1936 through Alan Turing’s Turing machines and Alonzo Church’s lambda calculus, which in turn formed the foundation of computer science.<\/p>\n Most algorithms can be implemented by computer programs.<\/a><\/p>\n The printed matter<\/strong> Typographic code is also determined by its support: The “Canon de Villard” allows harmonious divisions in any rectangle via geometric operation. (“Rules fixing the proportion of the books page and composition bloc”, from Books & Typography, Ian Tschichold) <\/p>\n Typography code is prominent And the typographic code is used as an expressive element of poetry, such as in “Un coup de d\u00c3\u00a9s” of Mallarme then Broodthaers works, among others<\/p>\n Open Source Software<\/strong><\/p>\n “Computer software (or simply software) is that part of a computer system that consists of encoded information”. Those applications are executed for specific tasks. A software is a serie of code to process an information.
\nParticularely by the use of Typography<\/a>, which is a coded langage, and a succession of rules to set langage in a physical form, printed or not. Classical typography can be a strict ensemble of rules that determines the standardised settings of texts and books. For example, the set of rules for cutting words, between syllabes, between 2 successive consonnes, after at least 3 letters…<\/p>\n
\nin the setting of content.
\nIn litterature, Poetry is a field
\nwhich has specific representation codes:
\nthe rimes, the alexandrin, the quatrain… <\/p>\n
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\nFrom Turing conceptualisation : is it just following the instructions? Decomposition and formalisation of informations (with or without machine) is the basic concept of computers.<\/p>\n