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Code, framed.

23 works in 5 rooms, 1843 to the present, shown exactly as they were written. Take the tour in order, or pick a room from the plan.

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Floor plan

Room I: Before the Machine, 1 workIBeforetheMachine1 work Room II: The First Languages, 4 worksIIThe FirstLanguages4 works Room III: The Hacker Era, 10 worksIIIThe Hacker Era10 works Room IV: The Open Age, 6 worksIVThe Open Age6 works Room V: The Present, 2 worksVThePresent2 works Lobby Entrance

Rooms

Room I

Before the Machine

1843 · 1 work

Room II

The First Languages

1960–1978 · 4 works

Room III

The Hacker Era

1982–1993 · 10 works

Room IV

The Open Age

1999–2009 · 6 works

Room V

The Present

2018–2022 · 2 works

Today's pick

Information desk

Reading a placard
Under each work: the title, the author, the year, and the medium, which here means the language, and the edition or file the text was taken from. The curator's note says what problem the code solved, why it is worth looking at, and what it led to.
Rights
Code belongs to its authors. Each placard states the licence or, where a work is quoted under fair use for commentary, says so and shows only what commentary needs.
Flags
A work marked reconstructed is a faithful rendering where the original is prose or a diagram. Excerpt means a passage from a longer work; the source link has the rest.
The tour
Every work has a Previous and Next; following Next from Room I walks the whole collection in chronological order.