HowTo: Generate a Mandelbrot with ASCII Art using TSQL
Actual Mandelbrot image generated
Okay, I’m a programmer so by nature I enjoy these kinds of things but I just couldn’t resist sharing with you.
Just for comparison purposes the image on the right is a computer generated image of a Mandelbrot that I’ve converted to grayscale for comparison.
The Mandelbrot Set image below was generated using less than 50 lines of TSQL code using ASCII characters – I just used a really small font-size in Notepad and then after capturing it inverted the colours for better effect as an image. [via The Daily WTF]
ASCII characters used to create a Mandelbrot
Tags: art, ascii, geek fun, mandelbrot, mathematics, sql, Technology, tsql
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