[tankorsmash]

Not quite turtle, but Elm (a pure FP) has something prettier, a full 3d renderer https://package.elm-lang.org/packages/ianmackenzie/elm-3d-sc... Demo: https://ianmackenzie.github.io/elm-3d-scene/examples/1.0.0/m...

[taeric]

Does this have examples of a fractal that I just couldn't find? The outputs are certainly pretty, but I'm not entirely clear where this fits into what I was trying to say. :(

That is, my argument is ultimately that for some things, having a section of code that is more imperative is actually far shorter than trying to accomplish the same thing otherwise.

It is akin to changing coordinates. Some things are trivially conveyed with polar coordinates. Just as some are made much more difficult in that setting.