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From: cmcmanis%pepper@Sun.COM (Chuck McManis)
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Subject: Re: is there LIFE out there?
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Date: 7 Nov 89 21:33:48 GMT
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There is also around an implementation of Life that I did as part of a 
giant Intuition example program. The binary is/was freely distributable
and the source was licensable. That got to be too much of a bother so
I've reverted to a flat $25.00 fee for the source (which is well commented)
but don't bother with the commentary on Intuition programming. 

The only interesting features of my version were that various life forms
could be saved and restored, and the rules could be dynamically altered
for 1 or 2 species lifeforms. One species could act as "feeders" on the
others, and various other modes could be designed. 

--Chuck McManis
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