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The Algorithmic Beauty of Plants

Przemysław Prusinkiewicz, Aristid Lindenmayer

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"The Algorithmic Beauty of Plants" > ... is a book by Przemyslaw Prusinkiewicz and Aristid Lindenmayer. It's notable as it is the first comprehensive volume on the computer simulation of certain patterns in nature found in plant development (L-systems). > The book is no longer in print but is available free online. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Algorithmic_Beauty_of_Plan... (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Algorithmic_Beauty_of_Plants) http://algorithmicbotany.org/papers/#abop
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Somewhat varied but I think some of these may fit your criteria. Programming Erlang by Joe Armstrong Communicating Sequential Processes by Hoare The algorithmic beauty of plants by Prusinkiewicz, Lindenmayer Network Performance Analysis Using the J Programming Language by Alan Holt Relational Programming in miniKanren by William Byrd Exercises in Programming Style by Cristina Videira Lopes edit: also "SAT/SMT by example" by Dennis Yurichev

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