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PATHOS, VECTORS, MIST.

The article focuses on the intersection of programming, language, and emotion, questioning whether pathos—or human feeling—can be expressed through code. Topics include the linguistic limitations of programming languages, the aesthetic and rhetorical potential of code as a literary form, and the rol...

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Published in:Michigan Quarterly Review Vol. 64; no. 4; pp. 827 - 838
Main Author: BAJOHR, HANNES
Format: Article
Published: University of Michigan, Rackham Graduate School Fall2025
Subjects:
Programming languages
Hypertext poetry
Artificial intelligence
Computer programming
Computational linguistics
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:The article focuses on the intersection of programming, language, and emotion, questioning whether pathos—or human feeling—can be expressed through code. Topics include the linguistic limitations of programming languages, the aesthetic and rhetorical potential of code as a literary form, and the role of code poetry in bridging human expression with machine logic.