From: "Andrew Davie" <adavie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <stella@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2001 6:12 AM
Subject: [stella] And now, for my next trick...
> b) Life on Mars. An implementation of John Conway's life (in at least a
> 32x32 - or possibly up to 40 x 64 - grid). All in orangy/red colours,
and
Don't forget that you also need to store TWO copies of the grid at all
times... the current grid, and the next-generation grid. If you just use
one, the pattern smears in the direction of your update algo, and it doesn't
work right.
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