On Tue, 21 Sep 1999 18:35:34 +0100, "Paul Brown"
<pau### [at] pabcomfreeservecouk> wrote:

>How about "Fractint for povray" with the fractal engine from fractint
>incorporated into pov.
>Of course the fractinit team would have to agree?
>Collaboration perhaps?
>
>PB

FractInt takes the second part of its image from the fact that it uses
highly optimised integer routines written partially in 80x86
assembler. This makes its source quite unusable for intergation into
POV. Besides, the only fractals that could work as a procedural
pattern are the M and J sets (and probably the Julibrot) and all their
derivatives. All others, such as Lorenz, Pickover, Hopalong etc. use
some kind of recursive differential equations in 2D or 3D that just
can not be backtraced.

On the other hand, the basic M- and J-sets are quite simple to
implement. Using other functions such as cosh or cube is also
possible, as in the julia object. The hardest to code, but most useful
part will be a formula parser, but that part has already been done in
the isosurface patch.

It does seem like a piece of cake but of course it isn't that simple,
as in any coding task. Yet, anyone up for a challenge? :)


Peter Popov
ICQ: 15002700

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