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4 Oct 2024 01:13:36 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Another recursion macro test  
From: Ken
Date: 28 Apr 1999 22:23:21
Message: <3727B2F9.742D5DE8@pacbell.net>
Margus Ramst wrote:
> 
> Testing a fractal macro I'm making. Because of some quirk I've still to
> nail, it has trouble with 3D macros. So this one is 2D.
> I went a bit overboard with this image, used a recursion level of 10 -
> 1,062,864 objects. I really should have used 11 fur sub-pixel precision, but
> enough is enough. The memory hit wasn't all that bad, ~170 megs. If only I
> had 256 megs RAM...
> 
> Time For Parse:    1 hours 40 minutes  43.0 seconds (6043 seconds)
> Time For Trace:    0 hours 12 minutes  58.0 seconds (778 seconds)
>        Total Time:    1 hours 53 minutes  41.0 seconds (6821 seconds)
> 
> Next I think I'll do an anim of this fractal curling itself from a straight,
> triangular shape to the current shape and beyond. Might look interesting.
> 
> Margus

  If colored a bit different it would resemble the brachia inside a
lung. I love this stuff.

-- 
Ken Tyler

mailto://tylereng@pacbell.net


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