Mark Coggins

Very pleased one of these photos took third place in the "Made in the USA: Breath of Freedom" exhibition at The Artist Gallery in LA. I received a check in the mail for the prize, but wasn't told which image won. You make the call... See all the art in the show here: https://www.taggallery.net/made-in-the-usa-breath-of-freedom #foto #fotografie #photo #photography #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #street #streetphotography

Pleased my image "Guardian of Democracy" was accepted in the Colorado Photographic Arts Center annual show. See all the other images here: https://cpacphoto.org/2026-annual-members-show/ #foto #fotografie #photo #photography #street #streetphotography #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #oakland #BART

@jfbucas @AkaSci I did it in an Hewlett Packard proprietary language called SPL in the 1980s so it could be called from COBOL programs, which were all using bubble sort before this. Damned if I can remember anything about it.

@AkaSci First programming language I learned was ALGOL W designed by him and Worth.

@gutenberg_org@mastodon.social Speaking of the FALCON, a new edition with scene-setting B&W photos of Hammett's and Spade's San Francisco, a "mapback" of crime scene locations, and a coda of two linked Sam Spade short stories answering the question, "What happened to the falcon" is coming in 2026: https://www.markcoggins.com/the-maltese-falcon/