Intro to images in Go: Fractals

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Here in Albuquerque we have a gentleman that creates three dimensional fractals, displaying them in a planetarium every first Friday.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23PkofT0MBQ

..otherwise known as "Mandelbulbs" these days, i think you'll find.

Very nice! I think the best way to learn a new language is to have graphical output instead of 'hello world'.

This will get me started with Go!

Thanks! I definitely agree, I often find "hello world" tutorials a bit pointless, especially if you:

- Already know the basics of programming - They literally just print "hello world"

I often try to do something more graphical when learning a language, as it forces me to try out IO, some data structures and control flow, but also gives me something that can be tweaked and played around with.

I actually like 'Hello world' examples, as long as they are very short. That way I have a basic program in an unknown language and can continue from there. Finding out how to make a very simple sample program myself was frustrating in the past sometimes. (Where should I put the files, what is necessary to load the main class etc.)

Reminds me of a fractal generator me and my housemate wrote in YABASIC on a Playstation 2. I should try and find that memory card. It even had interactive zooming!

Recognizing a Mandelbrot set doesn't really mean you're mathematically inclined, so much as you've browsed the web long enough to know what it is.

But, great tutorial, nonetheless!

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