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Processing: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

· Andre Hoffmann · in Art Culture Design Moving image Technology
Check out this recent rhizome interview with Processing founders Ben Fry and Casey Reas. They talk about the roots, the development since 2001 so far and they let us have a little glimpse for the future.
I don't remember if I started with Basic or Logo, but I learned a little with both. I hit a wall and I wasn't motivated to learn more. (I love playing video games on the computer more than writing my own small programs.) (Casey Reas) [...] We're only looking as far into the future as 2.0. We're planning a 1.5 release before that, which will have two additional components.
The outcomes of the Tiny Sketch competition mentioned in the interview are very nice. The goal was to implement a processing sketch with only 200 characters length.

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