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Golly is | '''Golly''' is software for simulating [[Cellular automaton (nonfiction)|cellular automata]]. | ||
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golly_(program) | It is free open-source software written by Andrew Trevorrow and Tomas Rokicki; it runs on Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Windows, OS X, iOS, and Android, and can be scripted using Lua or Python. | ||
Golly uses a hashlife algorithm that can simulate the behavior of very large sparse patterns in Conway's Game of Life such as Paul Rendell's Life [[Universal Turing machine (nonfiction)|universal Turing machine]], and that is fast enough to simulate some patterns for 232 or more time units. | |||
It includes a large library of predefined patterns in Life and other rules. | |||
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== Nonfiction cross-reference == | |||
* [[Cellular automaton (nonfiction)]] | |||
External links: | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golly_(program) Golly (program)] @ Wikipedia | |||
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Latest revision as of 17:17, 18 May 2017
Golly is software for simulating cellular automata.
It is free open-source software written by Andrew Trevorrow and Tomas Rokicki; it runs on Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Windows, OS X, iOS, and Android, and can be scripted using Lua or Python.
Golly uses a hashlife algorithm that can simulate the behavior of very large sparse patterns in Conway's Game of Life such as Paul Rendell's Life universal Turing machine, and that is fast enough to simulate some patterns for 232 or more time units.
It includes a large library of predefined patterns in Life and other rules.
In the News
Fiction cross-reference
Nonfiction cross-reference
External links:
- Golly (program) @ Wikipedia