ALAMO, or computer aided literature: A new episode in the old and complex relationships between science and literature, technology and the humanities

Quite naturally, Combinatory Literature turned to Computer Aided Literature . Foreseen by Raymond Queneau, Francois Le Lionnais and other members of Ou lipo, programmed by Jean Baudot and Gerard Verroust, it gave birth to ALAMO . This comes as a new episode in the old and complex relationships between Science and Literature, Technology and the Humanities. It is argued that th ese developments, far from comforting postmodernist approximate statements, open new ways to rational creativity.