Editing Geek Code (section)

==History==
The Geek Code was invented by Robert A. Hayden in 1993 and was defined at geekcode.com.<ref name="geekcode">{{Cite web |url=http://www.geekcode.com/ |title=The Geek Code |access-date=April 9, 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090228200740/http://www.geekcode.com/ |archive-date=February 28, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It was inspired by [[Natural Bears Classification System|a similar code]] for the [[Bear (gay culture)|bear]] subculture - which in turn was inspired by the [[Yerkes spectral classification scheme|Yerkes spectral classification]] system for describing stars.<ref name="jargon"/><ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/bitwise/2014/08/online_gay_culture_and_soc_motss_how_a_usenet_group_anticipated_how_we_use.2.html|title=The First Gay Space on the Internet|journal=Slate |date=August 20, 2014 |publisher=[[Slate.com]] |last1=Auerbach |first1=David }}</ref><ref>Unlike the Geek Code, the Yerkes system uses classes, subclasses and peculiarities for categorization. These systems differ in their [[orthogonality]]: the Geek Code is very [[Orthogonal (computing)|orthogonal in the computer science sense]] (where variables may be [[Projection (linear algebra)|projected]] onto [[basis vectors]]), where the Yerkes system is very [[Orthogonality#Taxonomy|orthogonal in the taxonomic sense]] (representing mutually exclusive [[class (computer science)|classes]]).</ref>

After a number of updates, the last revision of the code was v3.12, in 1996.<ref>
{{cite web
| author=Serge K. Keller
| url=https://www.geekcode.xyz/
| title=An archival copy of The Code of the Geeks v3.12.
| date=May 8, 2017
}}
</ref>

Some alternative encodings have also been proposed. For example, the 1997 Acorn Code was a version specific to users of [[Acorn Computers|Acorn]]'s [[RISC OS]] computers.<ref>
{{cite web
| url = http://www.werewlf.demon.co.uk/quintin/code.html
| title = The Acorn Code&nbsp;– Geek Code Supplement
| access-date =May 5, 2011
| last = Parker
| first = Quintin
| year = 1997
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970713210304/http://www.werewlf.demon.co.uk/quintin/code.html
| archive-date =July 13, 1997
| quote = The problem is, for us Acorn users, is that it asks you quantify all your opinions of UNIX and PC programs, whereas many of us wouldn't even touch them with a bargepole!
}}
</ref>