Sunflower sampling or Fibonacci packing is a method of using the golden angle to generate a 2D point sampling.
A while ago, I wrote a C++11-ish version compiled with -std=c++17.
Currently, I'm mostly writing python.
I asked Gemini to port the C++ to python and got the following for sunflower sampling :
Not bad.
The original code also used OpenCV to apply a distance transform.
The result of a distance transformed sunflower sampling is this groovy image :
Multi-lingual sunflower sampled distance transform image.
August 2026
Image: NMoroney
Then I had Gemni port the original code to C++17.
Finally I had Gemini port the code to C++23.
Which gets to std::views in the below code.
Also not bad.
But I can tell it's going to take me some time for me to warm up to std::views.
AI commentary is bimodal, but for multi-lingual coding it's promising.
Finally a hard coding convention for me.
Choose the name that's easier to spell.
So it's sunflower_sample and not fibonacci_pack because sunflower is easier for me to spell.