What piece of code could deserve a Pulitzer prize?

Question

In an interview about literate programming (the concept that programs are not just written for computers to read, but for humans to read too), Knuth said that he hoped that one day there would be a Pulitzer prize for programs.If there would be one, which piece of code do you think would deserve it?

version_five · Accepted Answer

What obviously comes to mind is Jonesforth because it's a very well thought out and famous example of literate programming:
https://github.com/nornagon/jonesforth/blob/master/jonesfort...
That said, I dont see the parallel with the Pulitzer... it's for investigative journalism no? Maybe there is a jupyter notebook somewhere that really combines data analysis with journalistic analysis, although I've never seen, and don't really believe in, journalism that relies on any deep data analysis.

Stevvo · Answer

Public Key Cryptography could have it for services to journalism.

bjourne · Answer

The source code for the J language's interpreter.

LarryMade2 · Answer

Wikipedia would be a good candidate.

willcipriano · Answer

I'd give it to TempleOS[0] personally.[0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TempleOS

What piece of code could deserve a Pulitzer prize?

In an interview about literate programming (the concept that programs are not just written for computers to read, but for humans to read too), Knuth said that he hoped that one day there would be a Pulitzer prize for programs.
If there would be one, which piece of code do you think would deserve it?

Public Key Cryptography could have it for services to journalism.

The source code for the J language's interpreter.

Wikipedia would be a good candidate.

I'd give it to TempleOS[0] personally.
[0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TempleOS