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Beflix (Bell Labs Flicks)
EFLIX BEFLIX is the name of the first embedded domain-specific language for computer animation, invented by Ken Knowlton at Bell Labs in 1963.[1] The name derives from a combination of Bell Flicks. Ken Knowlton used BEFLIX to create animated films for educational and engineering purposes.
A later version targeting FORTRAN IV resembled a more traditional subroutine library and lost some of the unique flavor to the language. control the output of pictures to the magnetic tape, storing and retrieving pictures on the disk drive rendering drawing primitives (line, arc, curve plot, and text) performing instantaneous operations on rectangular areas performing dynamic operations on rectangular areas Drawing primitives and dynamic rectangle operations can be performed incrementally over a series of output frames as a quick way to encode animations.
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