Well TikZ/PGF is really capable and "lindenmayersystems" is simply a library feature. TikZ can even have a custom shading for the Mandelbrot set (page 688. in [

Well TikZ/PGF is really capable and "lindenmayersystems" is simply a library feature. TikZ can even have a custom shading for the Mandelbrot set (page 688. in [1]). Note that even though it's a baked in TikZ shading it uses a single function shading PDF element, kind of neat. [1] http://ctan.ijs.si/tex-archive/graphics/pgf/base/doc/pgfmanual.pdf http://ctan.ijs.si/tex-archive/graphics/pgf/base/doc/pgfmanu...