Life

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Command summary (longer description of Life from Newton version)
rules
Survival: a cell with 2 or 3 neighbors survives
Death: a cell with 1 or less, or 4 or more neighbors, "dies"
Birth: an empty cell with exactly 3 neighbors will be "born"
pattern (menu)
dot: a single cell
acorn, etc.: some simple small stable or replicating patterns
Clear
clears area, resets generation counter
enter initial configuration
by adding a pattern, or toggling a single cell, or dragging over an area to fill, or Random button
Step
single step
Repeat/Stop
repeat until no change, or you select Stop
The Life applet should appear below

Palm
LifeSW_P.zip [14K] .pdb, .prc
WinCE
LifeSW_W.zip [13K] .wrp, .lnk
Newton
LifeSW.pkg [12K] .pkg; requires lib wextra.pkg
non-Waba Newton version
Source
LifeSW_S.zip [6K] .java, .bmp

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Last updated: 23-Jun-2005