Fractint

Fractint is a fractal generator, a program for generating pictures fractal geometry. In the version for MS- DOS, it was the most popular of its kind in the 1990s to run on different platforms, however, failed to match the functionality of the original. The current version 20.04p12 dated February 2012.

The strengths Fractints lie in the diversity of the available fractal types and settings: In addition Fluchtzeitfraktalen such as the Mandelbrot set also includes iterated function systems ( IFS), Lindenmayer systems (L- systems) and Strange Attractors the repertoire; own creation formulas can also be used. On the expenditure side, the key to DOS times support stands of rare and undocumented video modes produced, as well as the possibility of storing graphics files regardless of the graphical capabilities of the used PC. A variety of 3D transformations, and the support of 3D glasses represent properties that are rarely found even in modern programs.

Due to the popularity of the program also developed by third parties various assistance programs, for example, simplify the generation of "Zoom Flight" by the Mandelbrot set or design of IFS.

When weakness now must apply to the lack of availability of an efficient version for graphical user interfaces, which should have led, together with the already getting used to operating the DOS version to the relative decline in the popularity Fractints.

History

Fractint was formed in 1988 as FRACT386, one usually does not have a floating point coprocessor enacting by using integer arithmetic on Intel 80386 processor running fast fractal generator. 1989 was removed by renaming to " Fractint " is the reference to the type of processor and a general reference to the bill in whole numbers ( engl. integer), it was retained even after implementation of the possibility of floating-point calculations.

Original author was the mathematician Bert Tyler, later. Than the head of the so-called Stone Soup Group, which, however, the source code available and maintained over time recorded contributions of more than 60 programmers

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