[ANN] Julia Set Explorer

Lex Spoon lex at cc.gatech.edu
Tue Sep 26 20:36:10 UTC 2000


You got it!  I'd sure love to have a Unix proggie to generate these,
but, what the heck.

-Lex




Mark Guzdial <guzdial at cc.gatech.edu> wrote:
> Your advisor found out and doesn't mind, as long as you get a Mac 
> version up there :-)
> 
> I've created a Mac version at:
> http://guzdial.cc.gatech.edu/squeakers/julexp-mac.sea
> 
> Mark
> 
> >Julia Sets are a popular family of fractals to play with, and there are
> >tons of programs that will display Julia Sets in beautiful detail.
> >However, watching a screensaver that popped up on my monitor a few days
> >ago, I found a way to write a tool for *finding* good Julia Sets.  So I
> >put together a tool that lets you quickly choose different parameters
> >for the Julia Set and get a sketch of what the Julia Set will look like.
> >
> >Overall, it took an hour of hacking, an hour of UI work, and about an
> >hour of packaging.  For such a short time spent, I don't even mind if my
> >advisor finds out.  :)  Check it out at:
> >
> >	http://chaos.resnet.gatech.edu:8000/~lex/julexp/
> >
> >
> >Of course, the not-so-hidden agenda is to try and make standalone
> >programs in Squeak.  At this point, I can generate for RedHat/x86,
> >Linux, and Windows quite quickly.  Macs ought to be easy as well, except
> >that I can't seem to find a silly program to generate Stuffit files.
> >(Anyone know of such a utility that will run on Unices?)
> >
> >Comments and contributions welcomed.  :)  As well, feel free to share
> >any cool Julia Sets you find.
> >
> >
> >-Lex
> 
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