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Re:Context Free - a program that generates images from writt... by tikhonj on Sunday January 29, 2012 @04:20AM (#3524861)
This is an interesting program.

However, I found the headline a little bit misleading--I thought "written instructions" meant natural language. On the website, the blurb actually continues "...written instructions called a grammar" which makes it clear this doesn't expect natural language.

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Re:Context Free - a program that generates images from writt... by jeremysalwen on Sunday January 29, 2012 @05:27AM (#3524978)
Interestingly enough, I actually know of a website which does exactly what you are talking about: http://wordseye.com/

(Full disclosure: I might potentially be working on a speech interface for this system soon)

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Re:Context Free - a program that generates images from writt... by tikhonj on Sunday January 29, 2012 @07:14AM (#3525093)
Wow, that's really neat. I'll have to play around with it later.
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Re:Context Free - a program that generates images from writt... by pavlov on Sunday January 29, 2012 @05:58AM (#3525014)
The tagline does sound like something from the '50s.

"COBOL - a program that generates software from written instructions"

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Re:Context Free - a program that generates images from writt... by keeperofdakeys on Sunday January 29, 2012 @05:27AM (#3524976)
In fact, it looks like a 'grammar' is quite similar to most programmings languages, http://www.contextfreeart.org/mediawiki/index.php/CFDG_HOWTO. It makes the iteration and stopping-bounds easy to create. It also allows uses functions to define shapes, so you can use them again easily.
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Re:Context Free - a program that generates images from writt... by pantaloons on Sunday January 29, 2012 @05:53AM (#3525009)
Yes, the distinction between "program that generates images from written instructions called a grammar." and "image file format" is an interesting one too.
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