<story><title>The Algorithmic Beauty of Plants (1990) [pdf]</title><url>http://algorithmicbotany.org/papers/abop/abop.pdf</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>gdubs</author><text>I love L-Systems. I somehow obtained a couple of VHS tapes in the 90s when I was a kid of early computer graphics, and was really taken by the generative artists — like Karl Sims. This was also the heyday of big bookstores like Borders, and I’d spend hours in the “Computers” aisle, where I found “Advanced Animation and Rendering”, which covered L-Systems.&lt;p&gt;These are fun things to code because they can surprise you. Even when you understand the rules, it can be delightful to see what grows.</text></comment>
<story><title>The Algorithmic Beauty of Plants (1990) [pdf]</title><url>http://algorithmicbotany.org/papers/abop/abop.pdf</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>superkuh</author><text>Anyone interested in fooling around with algorithmic art should check out the Context Free Art software&amp;#x2F;language: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.contextfreeart.org&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.contextfreeart.org&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt; ref: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;github.com&amp;#x2F;MtnViewJohn&amp;#x2F;context-free&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;About&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;github.com&amp;#x2F;MtnViewJohn&amp;#x2F;context-free&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;About&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>