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ASCII fluid dynamics – A tiny fluid simulator that fits in 80x25 terminal

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Previous (brief) discussion:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20074185

I like its logo[0]

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[0] https://www.ioccc.org/2012/endoh1/logo.txt

Source code: https://www.ioccc.org/2012/endoh1/

I recommend watching it sped up, on 144p.

What makes then insides of the liquid have different visuals applied to them? Is that only for aesthetic reasons or is it a function of relative density?

Kudos for choice of music for the video ;)

Is there a directory/collection of these? Simulations/visualizations/animations using the terminal.

As someone who is kinda a minimalist when it comes to code (prefers simplicity and less libraries and excessive moving parts) I've often wondered about this.

The problem is that unless we're just talking about simple charts that act as a debugging/REPL tool, you'll have to redo them for writing reports which is then twice the work.

These kinds of things got me into programming :)

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