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> This is probably the first time in history that a graphic artist has painted a functionally workable computer program by accident While impressive organicall
by thih9 3y ago
> This is probably the first time in history that a graphic artist has painted a functionally workable computer program by accident
While impressive organically, it sounds easy when targeted; we could design a programming language where an image of Mona Lisa prints "hello world" - and claim a similar feat.
Perhaps the reverse is more interesting - programmers accidentally wrote a language that could treat real world abstract art as valid input.
- cinntaile 3y ago> Perhaps the reverse is more interesting - programmers accidentally wrote a language that could treat real world abstract art as valid input. Isn't that what happened here?
- thih9 3y agoThat’s what I’m saying. I.e. that “programmers accidentally wrote a language that could treat real world abstract art as valid input” - and to me it’s more interesting than what grand-grandparent is describing.
- drdeca 3y agoNot just valid, but does a not-nonsense task. I think in this case, there is a coincidence on both sides? Like, the language or the painting could have been different such that the painting would run, but what it would do wouldn't be a recognizable task.
- satvikpendem 3y agoWas it an accident though? Seems like they were targeting the same style of art so of course some would become valid input
- thih9 3y agoupdate: actually we have perl, https://www.mcmillen.dev/sigbovik/ https://www.mcmillen.dev/sigbovik/