Show HN: Mandelbrot set renderer written in pure [BSD] Makefiles

Category: other

Tags: makefile, mandelbrot, esoteric, bsd-make, art

Score: 7.0/10 (Innovation: 9, Technical: 9, Documentation: 7, Utility: 3)

This project implements a Mandelbrot set renderer entirely in pure BSD Makefiles, proving the computational universality of the Make language. It is interesting because it pushes an esoteric tool to its absolute limits with a complex, visual result, demonstrating a novel combination of formal theory and impractical engineering.

Target audience: enthusiasts, esoteric programmers, systems programmers

Repository: https://github.com/b-aaz/bmake-extravaganza · Makefile · BSD-3-Clause · 5 stars

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