A 30 year-old one line BASIC program is the subject of a new book (itworld.com)

Misleading title. A small BASIC program serves as an introduction to one topic in the book. This is like arguing that "It was a dark and stormy night" is the subject of a mystery novel.

This is a great piece of history. A free digital copy is available http://trope-tank.mit.edu/10_PRINT_121114.pdf

An alien race will find this, convince themselves it's some kind of divine code and drive themselves insane trying to figure it out.