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This is an interesting program. However, I found the headline a little bit misleading--I thought "written instructions" meant natural language. On the website,
by tikhonj 15y ago
This is an interesting program.
However, I found the headline a little bit misleading--I thought "written instructions" meant natural language. On the website, the blurb actually continues "...written instructions called a grammar" which makes it clear this doesn't expect natural language.
- keeperofdakeys 15y agoIn fact, it looks like a 'grammar' is quite similar to most programmings languages, http://www.contextfreeart.org/mediawiki/index.php/CFDG_HOWTO http://www.contextfreeart.org/mediawiki/index.php/CFDG_HOWTO. It makes the iteration and stopping-bounds easy to create. It also allows uses functions to define shapes, so you can use them again easily.
- jeremysalwen 15y agoInterestingly enough, I actually know of a website which does exactly what you are talking about: http://wordseye.com/ http://wordseye.com/ (Full disclosure: I might potentially be working on a speech interface for this system soon)
- tikhonj 15y agoWow, that's really neat. I'll have to play around with it later.
- pantaloons 15y agoYes, the distinction between "program that generates images from written instructions called a grammar." and "image file format" is an interesting one too.
- pavlov 15y agoThe tagline does sound like something from the '50s. "COBOL - a program that generates software from written instructions"