Computer Implementation of Shape Grammars

One can imagine a non-symbolic physical implementation of the generation of shapes using shape grammars. I am picturing a two dimensional light source with the light passing through a filter that has a cutout of the original shape in the shape grammar. This visual image of the shape then passes through a filter corresponding to the left side of a shape rule. If a match is found the corresponding right side is substituted visually. The generation of the shape proceeds with all representations being visual. The shapes generated are displayed directly as the output. This is fanciful but not inconceivable.

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