leech@homer.cs.unc.edu (Jonathan Leech) (04/02/91)
Archive-name: graphics/curves/lsys/1991-04-02 Archive: ftp.cs.unc.edu:/pub/lsys.tar.Z [128.109.136.77] Original-posting-by: leech@homer.cs.unc.edu (Jonathan Leech) Original-subject: Re: Why fractals ? Reposted-by: emv@msen.com (Edward Vielmetti, MSEN) In article <1991Apr1.130543.21127@zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu>, edgar@function.mps.ohio-state.edu (Gerald Edgar) writes: |> Another interesting reference: |> _The Algorithmic Beauty of Plants_, by Prusinkiewicz and Lindenmayer, |> Springer-Verlag 1990. Incidentally, I wrote some code implementing the L-systems described in this book; it's available by anonymous ftp from ftp.cs.unc.edu (128.109.136.77, at present) in pub/lsys.tar.Z. It requires AT&T C++ 2.0, G++ 1.39.0, or equivalent compiler and produces output in PostScript and several database formats. -- Jon Leech (leech@cs.unc.edu) __@/ ``Even by the 22nd century, no way had yet been discovered of keeping elderly and conservative scientists from occupying crucial administrative positions. Indeed, it was doubted if the problem ever would be solved.'' - Arthur Clarke, _Rendezvous with Rama_