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"Cheating" by taking advantage of repetition is exactly how Bill Gosper's famous "HashLife" implementation handles really huge universes. Here's my implementat

"Cheating" by taking advantage of repetition is exactly how Bill Gosper's famous "HashLife" implementation handles really huge universes. Here's my implementation in CoffeeScript, written in the "Williams Style:" http://recursiveuniver.se http://recursiveuniver.se

rauljara 14y ago
Yeah, I realized as I was typing it out that there must be "cheating" going on. After all, 99% of computer science is finding ways to "cheat".
- phillmv 14y ago
  Wherein cheating is a fun word for optimizing.
- jleader 14y ago
  Either cheat, or change the rules (i.e., solve a related but easier problem).
tripzilch 14y ago
so would a second level of recursion be possible with the hashlife algorithm?