Though computer code may seem apolitical, it’s far from it.
“ قلب is a programming language written entirely in Arabic by Lebanese-born computer scientist Ramsey Nasser in 2013. قلب (transliterated and pronounced as Alb in Nasser's native Levantine Spoken Arabic), is a Scheme-based conceptual art piece designed to challenge the anglocentric nature of computer science.”
“In order to see how queer culture could interact with software platforms, Blas told me, it was necessary to use an alternative logical basis—to reject programming in its current form and reimagine it from the bottom up.“
“Software engineering consists of one agent (the programmer) giving commands, and another (the computer) receiving and, unless there's an error, obeying them.“ Ari Schlesinger.
“We’re becoming a little hesitant to call programming a universal medium, and that’s what I’d hoped for.” Nasser Julianne Tveten, Vice Motherboard 2016.