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  1. A tribute in triangles (from 2008) by maccallr · · Score: 1 · on Dennis Ritchie, Creator of C Programming Language, Passed Away

    Dennis Ritchie

  2. Walk before you run? by $RANDOMLUSER · · Score: 0 · on What 'IT' Stuff Should We Teach Ninth-Graders?

    Before you start with Python, how about some time describing what the hardware actually does: register arithmetic & logical operations, branching & subroutines, memory addressing modes, etc. Before you start showing them the abstract machines, show them the real hardware and what their abstractions are being converted to.

    Also, for fun, how about something like Context Free Art, which will show block structure, the importance of syntax, and the joy of getting (non-threatening) output.

  3. Computer Generated/Algorithmic Art by MtnViewJohn · · Score: 1 · on Computer Art For a CS Dept Office?

    I discovered this piece of algorithmic art a few years ago and I have always liked it. You can also find lots of computer generated art at the Context Free Art Gallery.

  4. Context Free Art by Lil'wombat · · Score: 1 · on Computer Art For a CS Dept Office?

    Next to fractals, how could you get anymore CS than context-free grammers?

    From the Website:
    Contextfreeart.org
    Context Free is a program that generates images from written instructions called a grammar. The program follows the instructions in a few seconds to create images that can contain millions of shapes.

  5. Neat, but not necessarily useful by togofspookware · · Score: 1 · on Processing Visualization Language Ported To Javascript

    It looks to me like the big accomplishment here is that he parses processing language code and API calls and converts it to JavaScript that uses a canvas. It's pretty cool that it's possible to do that (similar to the Java -> JavaScript converter or the Ruby VM in JavaScript mentioned a few days ago), but the end product doesn't seem that useful to me, as the processing language isn't significantly better than JavaScript for this kind of thing, anyway. I'd be more interested if this guy had found a way to make processing perform better (translated to JS or otherwise), or if he came up with an entirely new language that made certain graphics really simple to express (certain fractal generators come to mind). Though it feels likely that proofs-of-concept such as this will inspire something really great in the near future.

  6. Context Free by replicant108 · · Score: 5, Informative · on Art with a Mathematical Twist

    Context Free is a program that generates images from written instructions called a grammar. The program follows the instructions in a few seconds to create images that can contain millions of shapes. The program itself is GPLed and available here.

    As you can see from the link below, some of the results from this project are stunning.

    Context Free Art gallery.

  7. Context Free by replicant108 · · Score: 5, Informative · on Art with a Mathematical Twist

    Context Free is a program that generates images from written instructions called a grammar. The program follows the instructions in a few seconds to create images that can contain millions of shapes. The program itself is GPLed and available here.

    As you can see from the link below, some of the results from this project are stunning.

    Context Free Art gallery.

  8. Context Free by try_anything · · Score: 1 · on Forty Years of LOGO

    It's a graphics system in the same spirit as LOGO. Kids might not even realize they're programming, which might be a handy feature with some kids, especially older ones. Teachers should check it out.

    http://www.contextfreeart.org/