It's an homage to the wave of artistic and poetic manifestos in the early 20th century that sought to sweep away old and rotten forms. Specifically, it's a detailed copy of http://www.cscs.umich.edu/~crshalizi/T4PM/futurist-manifesto..., with painting references replaced by programming ones.
These manifestos weren't intended to be understandable, exactly. They were poetic and designed to communicate a revolutionary artistic energy. The original Futurist manifesto was by the poet Marinetti (who I think is primarily remembered for that) and had a big influence on Russian poetry. The Futurists liked speed and rebellion. They probably would have gone for rock and roll.
I agree with you that it's not clear what point about programming these authors were trying to make. Perhaps they were mostly just "covering" the original piece.
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It's an homage to the wave of artistic and poetic manifestos in the early 20th century that sought to sweep away old and rotten forms. Specifically, it's a detailed copy of http://www.cscs.umich.edu/~crshalizi/T4PM/futurist-manifesto..., with painting references replaced by programming ones.
These manifestos weren't intended to be understandable, exactly. They were poetic and designed to communicate a revolutionary artistic energy. The original Futurist manifesto was by the poet Marinetti (who I think is primarily remembered for that) and had a big influence on Russian poetry. The Futurists liked speed and rebellion. They probably would have gone for rock and roll.
I agree with you that it's not clear what point about programming these authors were trying to make. Perhaps they were mostly just "covering" the original piece.