Hi Melly,

I can only see small improvements, but of course, in golf, everything counts!

Change your while loops and for loops to redo blocks and maps, for starters.  Use special variables wherever possible, like $" instead of " ", and $/ instead of "\n".  Get rid of all ; characters at the end of blocks.

Here's what I came up with so far: 

$a=1;{
  $b=-2;
  {
    $c='X';
    $d=$b;
    $e=$a;
    map{
      $g=$d;
      $d=$d**2-$e**2+$b;
      $e=2*$g*$e+$a;
      $c=$"if$d**2+$e**2>4
    }1..50;
    print$c;
    $b+=.05;
    $b<1&&redo
  }
  print$/;
  $a-=0.1;
  $a>-1&&redo
}

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In reply to Re: Fractal Golf anyone? by liverpole
in thread Fractal Golf anyone? by Melly

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