Tony (Anthony) Hanmer wrote:
I have been experimenting much with IFS and L-system types in Fractint - though I'm afraid my findings are not yet ready for release.
I *do* have a few l-system files by one Anthony Hanmer (assuming that's you) containing interesting l-systems in my Fractint directory...
There are several limitations I have come up against, and I wonder if they might be removed in the next release of Fractint - I think they are all no longer necessary with the general speed and power of computers nowadays:
The problem lies in Fractint's current format as a 16-bit DOS-executable, which restricts available memory for program code (*especially* program code) and data severely. Owning some, say, +3GHz machine doesn't make a difference at all regarding these facts.
In both IFS and L-system types, a ceiling on the number of entries allowed in their respective files (*.ifs and *.ls) - 2000 and 1000 items respectively, if memory serves;
Just out of curiosity: What for do you need more than 2000 entries in a single file? Are there any reasons to not use more than one file?
In IFS types, a limit of 32 pieces making a specified IFS; In L-system types, a limit of 160 characters per line.
Might these constraints please be removed?
If it where that easy... Regards, Gerald