 String Rewrite Systems are abstract machines that can only replace parts of a string with another. A rule is made of two statements, where "left" is replaced with "right": <> left right The system will attempt to do rewrites until no matches in the input string can be found and the program will terminate. But most importantly, it's super fun to use to draw graphics. 6 comments
@maxc I've played with non-deterministic Thue, refal, maude and the likes -- they're alright. Do you mean like L-Systems?  @neauoire http://contextfreeart.org/ was what I had in mind but I can see outputting the data structure and rendering it however being a nice flexible workflow  @neauoire @maxc   @neauoire Suggestion: polyomino generation with string replacement! https://stackoverflow.com/a/12020601/295177 https://github.com/Rezmason/Scourge/blob/master/src/net/rezmason/polyform/PolyformGenerator.hx#L19 |
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@neauoire have you played with context free art or a similar rewriting system? Basically a probabilistic extension - rewrites have a chance of happening or not