Keywords: NEWTON WEYER LIFE MATHEMATICS SIMULATION SOURCE DEVELOPMENT NEWT CELLULAR AUTOMATA CONWAY SOURCE
This Newt source version of "the game of Life" and associated NTK packages are freeware and may be distributed freely as long as the file "life.nwt" is included and unmodified. You are free to make modifications for your own use.
Contents:
- life-12.pkg -- general implementation (Life 1.2)
- life-12b.pkg -- a more optimized (bitmap-based) version (Life 1.2B)
- life.nwt -- Newt source for Life 1.2
(Mac format text file in .sit/.hqx archives; DOS text in .zip archive)
Life 1.2B (11/12/94)
- provides scrub gesture for clear
- allows grid size to be selected by user
- uses all visible cells (1.2 does not use first&last row&col)
- generates faster (1.5 - 3.5x Life 1.2) and allows larger grids
by using a bitmap data structure for storage and drawing
Life 1.2 (11/12/94)
- modifies symbol names/program structure to be more consistent with 1.2B
If you would like to construct and modify Life directly on your Newton, I
would recommend obtaining the latest version of "Newt" (newt-devenv-24), the native Newton development environment (shareware), and "Slurpee" (slurpee-12) a text/data transfer utility (freeware). Contact me if you have trouble finding Newt, using it initially, or have questions about registering it.
AOL: SteveWeyer
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