Microcodes
by Pall Thayer
Microcodes are very small code-based artworks. Each one is a fully contained work of art. On this page you can see contributed modifications of the original Microcodes that can be seen here.

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How to explain Perl to a dead hare
This will only run on Mac OS X.
01. August 2009 
#!/usr/bin/perl
$info = `perldoc -q .`;
@words = split(" ", $info);
foreach $word(@words){
	`say $word`;
}
Nick Montfort
This version is for Linux, and requires amixer & espeak to be installed. It invokes amixer to mute the sound, locking the visitors outside the galley.
#!/usr/bin/perl
$info = `perldoc -q .`;
@words = split(" ", $info);
`amixer set Master mute`;
foreach $word(@words){
        `espeak $word`;
}

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