We’ve seen before how Mandelbrots can be mathematically generated using T-SQL and ASCII art.

XSLTs are used to transform XML documents into more readable information. Now someone’s taken the time to create an XSLT template to transform a few values in an XML file into a mandelbrot image also using 27 ASCII characters (each with their own colour). [via The Daily WTF]

  

 

 

Actual Mandelbrot image generated

Okay, I’m a programmer so by nature I enjoy these kinds of things but I just couldn’t resist sharing with you. 

Just for comparison purposes the image on the right is a computer generated image of a Mandelbrot that I’ve converted to grayscale for comparison. 

The Mandelbrot Set image below was generated using less than 50 lines of TSQL code using ASCII characters – I just used a really small font-size in Notepad and then after capturing it inverted the colours for better effect as an image. [via The Daily WTF]

ASCII characters used to create a Mandelbrot