On 12 Jul 2002, at 21:52, Multiple Bogeys wrote:
I've always thought - and mentioned on this list! - that what was needed was a back-end style Fractal Processing Engine which contains all the functions used to generate fractals, with a standard API for using the back-end. Then the finicky OS-specific stuff like UI widgets could be in a separate app that basically calls the Fractal Processing Engine API as needed. Opens up many fun possibilities - a wider variety of UIs for generating fractals, a client/server architecture allowing the FPE back-end to run on a different machine from the UI, much greater platform independence. It would be nice if Fractint's processing routines could be turned into such a beast, but maybe Piclab would be a better starting point. Or XFractint.
Someone else has had this idea too. Check out protomatter.sourceforge.net. There's not been any change there for months though. It may be dead, or on some kind of hiatus. The image samples on the site are neat though.
I'll have to go check that out. David gnome@hawaii.rr.com