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I knew GoL was turing complete so theoretically this should be possible. I just couldn't even imagine imagining wanting to try. So this is rather impressive.
by Kim_Bruning 5y ago
I knew GoL was turing complete so theoretically this should be possible. I just couldn't even imagine imagining wanting to try.
So this is rather impressive.
- Waterluvian 5y agoI’ve got to imagine there’s some sort of GoL compiler that takes more writable code and compiles it to a board state, given we know about a whole set of machines that do specific things (gates and whatnot)
- jacquesm 5y agoThere is a rather roundabout route to compiling software to game of life cells that is pretty interesting. It is of course completely impractical but the idea that it could be done is intriguing.
- OscarCunningham 5y agohttps://www.conwaylife.com/wiki/APGsembly https://www.conwaylife.com/wiki/APGsembly
- retrac 5y agoNot too different in concept to automated IC layout from Verilog or VHDL.
- colejohnson66 5y agoThen you’ll be pleased to know that some crazy people worked to build an entire computer architecture using metapixels just to play Tetris: https://codegolf.stackexchange.com/a/142673 https://codegolf.stackexchange.com/a/142673