Task: Mandelbrot set
C#: using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Drawing.Imaging;
using System.Threading;
using System.Windows.Forms;




public class MandelbrotSetForm : Form
{
    const double MaxValueExtent = 2.0;
    Thread thread;

    static double CalcMandelbrotSetColor(ComplexNumber c)
    {
        
        const int MaxIterations = 1000;
        const double MaxNorm = MaxValueExtent * MaxValueExtent;

        int iteration = 0;
        ComplexNumber z = new ComplexNumber();
        do
        {
            z = z * z + c;
            iteration++;
        } while (z.Norm() < MaxNorm && iteration < MaxIterations);
        if (iteration < MaxIterations)
            return (double)iteration / MaxIterations;
        else
            return 0; 
    }

    static void GenerateBitmap(Bitmap bitmap)
    {
        double scale = 2 * MaxValueExtent / Math.Min(bitmap.Width, bitmap.Height);
        for (int i = 0; i < bitmap.Height; i++)
        {
            double y = (bitmap.Height / 2 - i) * scale;
            for (int j = 0; j < bitmap.Width; j++)
            {
                double x = (j - bitmap.Width / 2) * scale;
                double color = CalcMandelbrotSetColor(new ComplexNumber(x, y));
                bitmap.SetPixel(j, i, GetColor(color));
            }
        }
    }

    static Color GetColor(double value)
    {
        const double MaxColor = 256;
        const double ContrastValue = 0.2;
        return Color.FromArgb(0, 0,
            (int)(MaxColor * Math.Pow(value, ContrastValue)));
    }
    
    public MandelbrotSetForm()
    {
        
        this.Text = "Mandelbrot Set Drawing";
        this.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.Black;
        this.BackgroundImageLayout = System.Windows.Forms.ImageLayout.Stretch;
        this.MaximizeBox = false;
        this.StartPosition = FormStartPosition.CenterScreen;
        this.FormBorderStyle = FormBorderStyle.FixedDialog;
        this.ClientSize = new Size(640, 640);
        this.Load += new System.EventHandler(this.MainForm_Load);
    }

    void MainForm_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        thread = new Thread(thread_Proc);
        thread.IsBackground = true;
        thread.Start(this.ClientSize);
    }

    void thread_Proc(object args)
    {
        
        Size size = (Size)args;
        int width = 16;
        while (width * 2 < size.Width)
        {
            int height = width * size.Height / size.Width;
            Bitmap bitmap = new Bitmap(width, height, PixelFormat.Format24bppRgb);
            GenerateBitmap(bitmap);
            this.BeginInvoke(new SetNewBitmapDelegate(SetNewBitmap), bitmap);
            width *= 2;
            Thread.Sleep(200);
        }
        
        Bitmap finalBitmap = new Bitmap(size.Width, size.Height, PixelFormat.Format24bppRgb);
        GenerateBitmap(finalBitmap);
        this.BeginInvoke(new SetNewBitmapDelegate(SetNewBitmap), finalBitmap);
    }

    void SetNewBitmap(Bitmap image)
    {
        if (this.BackgroundImage != null)
            this.BackgroundImage.Dispose();
        this.BackgroundImage = image;
    }

    delegate void SetNewBitmapDelegate(Bitmap image);

    static void Main()
    {
        Application.Run(new MandelbrotSetForm());
    }
}

struct ComplexNumber
{
    public double Re;
    public double Im;

    public ComplexNumber(double re, double im)
    {
        this.Re = re;
        this.Im = im;
    }

    public static ComplexNumber operator +(ComplexNumber x, ComplexNumber y)
    {
        return new ComplexNumber(x.Re + y.Re, x.Im + y.Im);
    }

    public static ComplexNumber operator *(ComplexNumber x, ComplexNumber y)
    {
        return new ComplexNumber(x.Re * y.Re - x.Im * y.Im,
            x.Re * y.Im + x.Im * y.Re);
    }

    public double Norm()
    {
        return Re * Re + Im * Im;
    }
}

PHP: $min_x=-2;
$max_x=1;
$min_y=-1;
$max_y=1;

$dim_x=400;
$dim_y=300;

$im = @imagecreate($dim_x, $dim_y)
  or die("Cannot Initialize new GD image stream");
header("Content-Type: image/png");
$black_color = imagecolorallocate($im, 0, 0, 0);
$white_color = imagecolorallocate($im, 255, 255, 255);

for($y=0;$y<=$dim_y;$y++) {
  for($x=0;$x<=$dim_x;$x++) {
    $c1=$min_x+($max_x-$min_x)/$dim_x*$x;
    $c2=$min_y+($max_y-$min_y)/$dim_y*$y;

    $z1=0;
    $z2=0;

    for($i=0;$i<100;$i++) {
      $new1=$z1*$z1-$z2*$z2+$c1;
      $new2=2*$z1*$z2+$c2;
      $z1=$new1;
      $z2=$new2;
      if($z1*$z1+$z2*$z2>=4) {
        break;
      }
    }
    if($i<100) {
      imagesetpixel ($im, $x, $y, $white_color);
    }
  }
}

imagepng($im);
imagedestroy($im);