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This is a bit of a tangent, but you guys seem like the right crowd. Logo has been on my mind the past few days, as I'm rapidly approaching my 20th "codeversary"

This is a bit of a tangent, but you guys seem like the right crowd. Logo has been on my mind the past few days, as I'm rapidly approaching my 20th "codeversary" (ie. 20 years since my very first programming lesson, in what I believe was Berkeley Logo). To mark the occasion, I've been trying to figure out what a Logo tribute tattoo might look like - the "turtle" is the obvious thing that comes to mind, but in the version of Logo I learned on, the "turtle" was just a triangle. I'm trying to come up with an image that's aesthetically pleasing, doesn't actually include any code, and is recognizable as Logo. So maybe the "turtle" drawing something, but what? (No idea whether I'll actually muster the courage to get this inked on my body, but it's a fun thought exercise either way.) Any ideas?

sn9 10y ago
The obvious solution to me is an image of a turtle in the process of being drawn by a Logo triangle. You'd want it to be incomplete, but complete enough to have transformed from an arrangement of lines to something that's unambiguously a turtle.
- nicolethenerd 10y ago
  Thanks! Or a turtle being drawn by a turtle being drawn by a turtle... turtles all the way down! ^_^ Seriously, though - I appreciate the suggestion - I was thinking of triangles drawing triangles, and turtles drawing turtles - but it didn't occur to me to mix the two. Great idea!
  - Intermernet 10y ago
    > triangles drawing triangles Reminds me of a Sierpinski triangle[1]. Can you have a turtle infilled with the Sierpinski pattern, or maybe a Sierpinski triangle being drawn by a turtle? Also, you could get a tattoo with something like: to e :s :l if :l>0[repeat 3[e :s/2 :l-1 fd :s rt 120]] end e 99 5 Which is Logo code to draw a Sierpinski triangle (main credit [2], you can demo at [3]). [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierpinski_triangle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierpinski_triangle [2]: http://codegolf.stackexchange.com/a/10793 http://codegolf.stackexchange.com/a/10793 [3]: http://www.calormen.com/jslogo/ http://www.calormen.com/jslogo/

sn9 10y ago

The obvious solution to me is an image of a turtle in the process of being drawn by a Logo triangle. You'd want it to be incomplete, but complete enough to have transformed from an arrangement of lines to something that's unambiguously a turtle.

nicolethenerd 10y ago
Thanks! Or a turtle being drawn by a turtle being drawn by a turtle... turtles all the way down! ^_^ Seriously, though - I appreciate the suggestion - I was thinking of triangles drawing triangles, and turtles drawing turtles - but it didn't occur to me to mix the two. Great idea!
- Intermernet 10y ago
  > triangles drawing triangles Reminds me of a Sierpinski triangle[1]. Can you have a turtle infilled with the Sierpinski pattern, or maybe a Sierpinski triangle being drawn by a turtle? Also, you could get a tattoo with something like: to e :s :l if :l>0[repeat 3[e :s/2 :l-1 fd :s rt 120]] end e 99 5 Which is Logo code to draw a Sierpinski triangle (main credit [2], you can demo at [3]). [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierpinski_triangle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierpinski_triangle [2]: http://codegolf.stackexchange.com/a/10793 http://codegolf.stackexchange.com/a/10793 [3]: http://www.calormen.com/jslogo/ http://www.calormen.com/jslogo/