It's easy to lose track of in the face of scene graph vector formats like svg but you have to remember canvas + javascript can be thought of as a procedural cad

It's easy to lose track of in the face of scene graph vector formats like svg but you have to remember canvas + javascript can be thought of as a procedural cad system, that is, the epitome of drawing tools. The svg is a static weak alternative to true procedural generation. For reference the postscript language is the same way. hand written procedural postscript is an amazing drawing tool.