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Processing 今天的logo

Processing is a programming language and environment built for the electronic arts and visual design communities. It is created to teach fundamentals of computer programming within a visual context and to serve as a software sketchbook. It is used by students, artists, design professionals, and researchers for learning, prototyping, and production.

看了processing，让我想起了小时候的Logo语言。当然他要比Logo强大很多了。如果说flash是为互动需求设计的网络多媒体开发工具。那processing也许就是为了视觉设计的原型系统而诞生的。就像他的介绍所说的，是为了视觉效果设计而来的一个软件草稿本。也许这有点小瞧了他。当初象python,perl这些script语言也是为了快速产生原型系统和简化维护工作而来的。现在不是一样诞生了zope，诞生了我写作blog的MT。
因为需求产生的东西总比因为其他的搞不太清楚的目的而产生的东西来得实在一些。我想对于图形程序来说，Processing也许会在增加简易性的同时，拉动一些图形爱好者的学习热情也未可知。当年的logo可是让我兴奋了很久。也是我第一次接触电脑所知道的看到的第一种语言。其实那时候都不太搞得懂什么AppleII，什么logo,就知道有个绿色三角的小海龟，能画很多让我惊叹不已的图案出来。

The software is currently in a prerelease stage, but features and bug fixes are being made as we head toward a more complete "1.0" release. Processing is free to download and available for PC, Mac, and Linux.

Processing is used at many universities and institutions including: MIT (Cambridge), University of California Los Angeles, Interaction Ivrea (Turin), Yale (New Haven), New York University, San Francisco Art Institute, Universität der Künste (Berlin), Royal College of Art (London), Universidad de Los Andes (Bogota), HyperWerk (Basel), Hongik (Seoul), Ateneo de Manila University, and many more.

Processing is an open project initiated by Ben Fry and Casey Reas.

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由 tristones 发表于 2004年09月30日 上午12時10分