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Lito Nicolai
April 14, 2015
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Botany with Bytes
Botany with Bytes, for LA Ruby Conf 2015 and RubyConf 2015!
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April 14, 2015
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Transcript
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico Botany Bytes with
Lito Nicolai
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico This talk uses
graphics! $ gem install --pre graphics
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico Imagine you’re algae…
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico An alga (you)
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico A A B
A B A A B A A B A B A A B A B A A B A A B A B A A B A A B incidentally, Fibonacci
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico Aristid Lindenmayer Genus
Species
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico Aristid Lindenmayer Genus
Species
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico “L-Systems” Start: A
Rules: A ! AB B ! A
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico Rewriting Systems String
Line Grid A AB ABA ABAAB ABAABABA
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico This is a
grammar!
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico What’s a grammar?
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico What strings can
you make with rules? Montana State University Mathematics (grids, lines… things) A ! AB B ! A
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico What strings can
you match with these rules? -?(\d+(\.\d+)?|\.\d+)([eE][+-]?\d+)?
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico Where do L-Systems
fit in here?
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico Organizing Grammars RegEx
Lindenmayer & Prusinkiewicz (needs a DFA) (using computers)
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico (let’s ignore finite
grammars) RegEx Lindenmayer & Prusinkiewicz
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico RegEx HTML Lindenmayer
& Prusinkiewicz Chomsky Hierarchy (needs a stack)
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico RegEx HTML Lindenmayer
& Prusinkiewicz C++ Chomsky Hierarchy (needs RAM)
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico RegEx HTML Lindenmayer
& Prusinkiewicz Chomsky Hierarchy C++
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico Ruby? RegEx HTML
Lindenmayer & Prusinkiewicz Chomsky Hierarchy C++
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico Chomsky Hierarchy Ruby?
RegEx HTML Perl Lindenmayer & Prusinkiewicz C++
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico Chomsky Hierarchy RegEx
HTML Perl Lindenmayer & Prusinkiewicz Ruby? C++
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico Chomsky Hierarchy RegEx
HTML Perl Lindenmayer & Prusinkiewicz Ruby? C++
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico L-Systems are a
strange slice of other grammars!
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico ((((((X)))))) Can match
this ^ (regex can’t match either) Nested Balanced Parens ((((((())))))) But not this ^
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico class LSystem attr_reader
:state def initialize state, rules @state = state @rules = rules end def step @state = @state.split("") .map {|s| @rules[s] } .join self end end
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico class LSystem attr_reader
:state def initialize state, rules @state = state @rules = rules end def step @state = @state.split("") .map {|s| @rules[s] } .join self end end
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico @state = @state.split("")
.map {|s| @rules[s] } .join "AB" "A" "B" "AB" "A" "ABA" split apply rules join
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico > l =
LSystem.new "A", "A" => "AB", "B" => "A" > l.step => "AB" > l.step => "ABA" > l.step => "ABAAB" > l.step => "ABAABABA"
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico All in a
line
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico More Dimensions!
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico Leaf ! Stem
LeftLeaf RightLeaf Stem ! Stem Stem Sprout
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico Turtle Graphics
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico turtle.forward
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico turtle.push
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico turtle.left 90
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico turtle.forward
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico turtle.pop
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico Turtle Evaluation
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico > turtle =
Turtle.new “S[S", "S" => :forward, "L" => :forward, "[" => [:left, 60], "]" => [:right, 60], "." => :push, "," => :pop
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico > turtle =
Turtle.new “S[S", "S" => :forward, "L" => :forward, "[" => [:left, 60], "]" => [:right, 60], "." => :push, "," => :pop
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico > turtle =
Turtle.new “S[S", "S" => :forward, "L" => :forward, "[" => [:left, 60], "]" => [:right, 60], "." => :push, "," => :pop
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico > turtle =
Turtle.new “S[S", "S" => :forward, "L" => :forward, "[" => [:left, 60], "]" => [:right, 60], "." => :push, "," => :pop
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico Leaf ! Stem
LeftLeaf RightLeaf Stem ! Stem Stem Sprout
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico “LeftLeaf” SaveState TurnLeft
Leaf . [ L “RightLeaf” RestoreState TurnRight Leaf , ] L At the end of a stem…
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico > turtle =
Turtle.new sprout.state, "S" => :forward, "L" => :forward, "[" => [:left, 60], "]" => [:right, 60], "." => :push, "," => :pop > sprout = LSystem.new "L", "L" => “S.[L,]L", "S" => “SS”, "[" => "[", "]" => "]", "." => ".", "," => ","
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico First Generation
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico L
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico Second Generation
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico S.[L,]L
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico Next Generation
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico SS.[S.[L,]L,]S.[L,]L
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico SS.[S.[L,]L,]S.[L,]L
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico SS.[S.[L,]L,]S.[L,]L
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico SS.[S.[L,]L,]S.[L,]L
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico SS.[S.[L,]L,]S.[L,]L
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico SS.[S.[L,]L,]S.[L,]L
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico SS.[S.[L,]L,]S.[L,]L
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico SS.[S.[L,]L,]S.[L,]L
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico SS.[S.[L,]L,]S.[L,]L
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico SS.[S.[L,]L,]S.[L,]L
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico SS.[S.[L,]L,]S.[L,]L
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico SS.[S.[L,]L,]S.[L,]L
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico SS.[S.[L,]L,]S.[L,]L
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico SS.[S.[L,]L,]S.[L,]L
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico SS.[S.[L,]L,]S.[L,]L
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico SS.[S.[L,]L,]S.[L,]L
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico SS.[S.[L,]L,]S.[L,]L
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico SS.[S.[L,]L,]S.[L,]L
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico SS.[S.[L,]L,]S.[L,]L
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico SS.[S.[L,]L,]S.[L,]L
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico Trees don’t look
like this
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico (is what I
used to say) Yes, they really look like this! Drosera Binata var. Multifida
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico Juniper Branch Start:
T Rules: T ! T.[T,T.]T,.T,
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico Juniper Branch
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico Juniper Branch
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico Juniper Branch
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico Plants are computing
as they grow! That’s super neato!
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico L-System Weird Stuff
Start: A Rules: A ! B[A[B B ! A]B]A
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico Weird Stuff (there
be dragons)
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico A different view
(top-down)
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico Plant growth hormone
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico (Paraphrased from Vi
Hart)
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico O(lots) Time complexity:
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico (discovered at cambridge)
The very first model: charged particles
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico Douady & Couder
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico O(n²) Time complexity:
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico btw, Alan Turing
Hypothesis of General Phyllotaxis (…and later, even deeper work)
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico Turing’s drawing
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico 137.5
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico 360 - (360/φ)
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico Start: Stem Rules:
Stem ! Stem Rotate Leaf Leaf ! BiggerLeaf Use an L-System!
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico Start: Stem Rules:
Stem ! Stem Rotate Leaf Leaf ! BiggerLeaf
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico O(much better!) Time
complexity:
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico Back to algae
(in 3D!)
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico (you again)
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico Not actually getting
smaller
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico Aside: Representing Cells
stackoverflow.com
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico …and how they
connect
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico Demo
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico Kinds of Surfaces
Flat No Curvature
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico Kinds of Surfaces
Spherical Positive Curvature Flat No Curvature
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico Kinds of Surfaces
Spherical Positive Curvature Flat No Curvature Hyperbolic Negative Curvature
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico Kinds of Surfaces
Spherical Positive Curvature Flat No Curvature Hyperbolic Negative Curvature Plants!
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico How many unique
parallel lines? None One Lots!
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico How many unique
parallel lines? None One Lots!
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico How many unique
parallel lines? None One Lots!
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico How many unique
parallel lines? None One Lots!
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico How many unique
parallel lines? None One Lots!
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico How many unique
parallel lines? None One Lots!
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico Thank You!
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico I KNEW you
would ask about Perl…
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico Lito:~$ perl -E
'sub dunno() { 3 } say dunno + 4'
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico Lito:~$ perl -E
'sub dunno() { 3 } say dunno + 4' 7 Lito:~$ _
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico Lito:~$ perl -E
'sub dunno() { 3 } say dunno + 4' 7 Lito:~$ perl -E 'sub dunno { 3 } say dunno + 4'
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico Lito:~$ perl -E
'sub dunno() { 3 } say dunno + 4' 7 Lito:~$ perl -E 'sub dunno { 3 } say dunno + 4’ 3 Lito:~$ _
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico Lito:~$ perl -E
'sub dunno() { 3 } say dunno + 4' 7 Lito:~$ perl -E 'sub dunno { 3 } say dunno + 4’ 3 Lito:~$ _ no args (‘nullary’) some args
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico perl -E 'BEGIN
{ *dunno = sub() { 3 } } say dunno + 4'
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico perl -E 'BEGIN
{ *dunno = sub() { 3 } } say dunno + 4' BEGIN { *dunno = sub { 3 } } say dunno + 4
RubyConf 2015 - Lito Nicolai - @lito_nico perl -E 'BEGIN
{ *dunno = sub() { 3 } } say dunno + 4' BEGIN { *dunno = sub { 3 } } say dunno + 4 BEGIN { if # SOME_CONDITION *dunno = sub { 3 } else { *dunno = sub() { 3 } } } say dunno + 4 any code!