Computer Poetry

To Be or Not To Be

2008-09-19T06:14:00.000-07:00

The question is not 'To be or not to be?'
but rather, 'Does P = NP?'
I can never answer in verse or rhyme
but if told, can verify in polynomial time

by, Justin Harris

regex csv parser

2008-04-21T09:46:00.000-07:00

$raw_data =~ /^\s*([a-fA-F0-9]+)\s*\,\s*"(.

*)"\s*\,\s*"(.*)"\s*\,\s*"(.*)"\s*\,\s*"(.*)"\s*\,\s*"(.*)"\s*\,\s*"(.*)"\s*$/;

by, Jordan O'Mara

For anyone who doesn't know, a regex csv parser is a program that tries to help a computer have feelings (see previous poem).

The Saddest Thing About Computers

2008-04-21T06:48:00.001-07:00

What is larger,
the expanse of the universe,
or the gap between semi-conductors
where a computer's heart would be?

And what is sadder,
that all of your friends will grow old and die,
or that a computer cannot die,
and will never have any friends?

by, Joel Mikkelsen

Developer's Lament #1

2008-04-12T12:13:00.000-07:00

"A tad of psuedocode for the layperson:
for(i=0; i++) {
print "Windows sucks."
print newline

}

that's a poem

by, Tim Boisvert

The Pumping Lemma

2008-04-08T07:29:00.000-07:00

The Pumping Lemma,
while exciting on its own
is not what you think.

by, Justin Harris

The Halting Problem

2008-04-07T07:28:00.000-07:00

Halt Turing's machines
Is it too late to stop them?
I cannot decide

by, Justin Harris

New iMac

2008-03-30T12:16:00.000-07:00

Dear my new Mac:
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways
Apple-1, Apple-2, Apple-3 thousa...
Oh crap, I just closed my window on accident.

by, Tim Boisvert

Dylan Thomas in Hexidecimal

2008-03-28T12:23:00.000-07:00

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

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by, Dylan Thomas
trans., Joel Mikkelsen

Bird

2008-03-27T22:00:00.000-07:00

watch me code a bird.

G T C T A C G

try that, binary.

by, Phillip Harris

JPS

2008-03-27T13:02:00.000-07:00

Jps
23606 Jps
11619 startup.jar
beep beep .jar

by, Jordan O'Mara

Computer Love Poem #1

2008-03-24T12:20:00.001-07:00

I love hex. And
why, you ask? The
answer to that
question is
simple:

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'Tis true,
said the lonely watchman of the interwebs:
'Tis true.

by, Tim Boisvert

http://www.dolcevie.com/js/converter.html

Spell Checking in VIM

2008-03-24T12:09:00.000-07:00

set spell spelllang=en_us
set spellfile=~/vimspell.add
autocmd FileType mail setlocal spell

For use with mutt

by, Jordan O'Mara

[editor's note]: Understated and serene. A first rate poem from a talented emerging computer poet. [/editor's note]

Two Computer Haikus

2008-03-24T08:21:00.001-07:00

Linux: bash-scripting
has left me weary, longing
to be Bourne-again.

The internet is
a computer that other
computers can use.

by, Joel Mikkelsen

Introduction

2008-03-24T08:15:00.000-07:00

This is a blog for poems about computers. If you want to submit one, please email it to computerpoetry [at] gmail [dot] com. There are only two requirements:

01: all submissions must be poetry
10: all poetry must be about computers somehow.

Thank you.