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From: gray@s5000.rsvl.unisys.com (Bill Gray x2128)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: CORE WAR inquiry- has any =one heard of this thing?
Message-ID: <194@s5000.rsvl.unisys.com>
Date: 30 May 91 05:39:17 GMT
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dirk@laplace (dirksen bussiere) writes:

>Around two years ago in SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN there was an article on a  
>programming "game" known as CORE WARS. . .  Has anyone heard of this "game"?

>                                  -Dirk Bussiere

I read about it once a long time ago. . .  I think Nixon was president.

You have (at least) two small code warriors.  They alternate turns.  On each
turn, a code warrior a.) writes a prescribed amount of garbage into any
core location(s) it desires, and b.) copies itself into another location (if
it thinks that is a good tactical move).

Game is over when one code warrior overwrites enough of the other to disable
it.

The consequences of play on a production system are left as an exercise
for the reader.


Bill
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