Programujeme L-systémy v PostScriptu

Michel Charpentier

Zpravodaj Československého sdružení uživatelů TeXu (2012)

  • Volume: 022, Issue: 1, page 9-19
  • ISSN: 1211-6661

Abstract

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Although we tend to think of PostScript as a file format used to describe graphics, it is in reality a full-fledged programming language with graphical capabilities. Thus, the power of PostScript goes far beyond that of simple vector-graphics formats. All sorts of computations can be programmed, including complex arithmetic calculations. In this paper, we show how to use recursive functions in PostScript to implement a family of rewriting structures known as L-systems. Based on these systems, one can write short PostScript programs that draw classic fractals and beautiful plant-like pictures.

How to cite

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Charpentier, Michel. "Programujeme L-systémy v PostScriptu." Zpravodaj Československého sdružení uživatelů TeXu 022.1 (2012): 9-19. <http://eudml.org/doc/298783>.

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References

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  2. Charpentier, Michel, Dragon Curve in PostScript, http://www.cs.unh.edu/~charpov/Programming/L-systems/simple-dragon.ps. 
  3. Charpentier, Michel, L-systems in PostScript, http://www.cs.unh.edu/~charpov/Programming/L-systems/plant2.ps. 
  4. Charpentier, Michel, Ulam's Spiral in PostScript, http://www.cs.unh.edu/~charpov/Programming/PostScript-primes/primes-distribution.ps. 
  5. Lund, Jim, DoodleTron (a L-system Iterator), http://elegans.uky.edu/jiml/lsystem/ls_index.html. 
  6. Prusinkiewicz, Przemyslaw, Lindenmayer, Aristid, The Algorithmic Beauty of Plants, Springer-Verlag, 1990. (1990) MR1067146
  7. Tišnovská, Pavel, L-systémy: přírodní objekty i umělé artefakty, http://www.root.cz/clanky/l-systemy-prirodni-objekty-i-umele-artefakty. (2006) 
  8. Weisstein, Eric W., Dragon Curve, From MathWorld–A Wolfram Web Resource. http://mathworld.wolfram.com/PrimeSpiral.html 
  9. Weisstein, Eric W., Lindenmayer Systems, Eric W. Weisstein. Lindenmayer Systems. From MathWorld–A Wolfram Web Resource. http://mathworld.wolfram.com/LindenmayerSystem.html 
  10. Weisstein, Eric W., Ulam's Spiral, From MathWorld–A Wolfram Web Resource. http://mathworld.wolfram.com/PrimeSpiral.html 

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