From 639c3db2bf78a5d2dfd10cd603f71054a1a25106 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Cody Boone Ferguson <53008573+xexyl@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2023 10:42:22 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Fix 1993/dgibson/README.md This includes removing a statement that this could not compile under macOS. I'm not sure what happened but I suspect it was the wrong data file perhaps one of the files left by the script. Either way it does work with macOS. Fixed formatting as well. --- 1993/dgibson/README.md | 67 +++++++++++++++++++++--------------------- 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-) diff --git a/1993/dgibson/README.md b/1993/dgibson/README.md index 373e2e13f..fdb5d5a9a 100644 --- a/1993/dgibson/README.md +++ b/1993/dgibson/README.md @@ -14,18 +14,25 @@ ### To run - sh ./dgibson.sh [datafile] + ./dgibson.sh [datafile] - where: - datafile initial pattern (default: dgibson.data1) +where: + -## Judges' comments + datafile initial pattern (default: dgibson.data1) + +## Try: + + + ./dgibson.sh dgibson.data3 + +## Judges' comments: - We have provided the shell script 'dgibson.sh' to make it easier - to run this entry. Run this shell script several times to - see what happens. +We have provided the shell script `dgibson.sh` to make it easier +to run this entry. Run this shell script several times to +see what happens. - There are a number of data files available: +There are a number of data files available: dgibson.data1 dgibson.data2 @@ -33,39 +40,33 @@ dgibson.data4 dgibson.data5 - For dgibson.data5 you will need a large screen, lots of virtual - memory and lots of time! +For `dgibson.data5` you will need a large screen, lots of virtual +memory and lots of time! - Good luck trying to use a debugger on this entry! Life is not - always pretty. - - NOTE: we could not compile this entry under modern macOS but it will work - fine under linux. It likely fails to compile under macOS because its gcc is - actually just clang which is more strict about the type of the second argument - of main(). If you have gcc under macOS it might work just as well. We did not - test other systems. +Good luck trying to use a debugger on this entry! Life is not +always pretty. ## Author's comments - This program plays the Game of Life. +This program plays the Game of Life. - Life is a cellular automaton invented by J. H. Conway, in which each of - a rectangular grid of cells can be alive or dead, and cells with more - than 3 or less than 2 (out of 8) live neighbours die, and empty cells - with exactly 3 neighbours give birth. +Life is a cellular automaton invented by J. H. Conway, in which each of +a rectangular grid of cells can be alive or dead, and cells with more +than 3 or less than 2 (out of 8) live neighbours die, and empty cells +with exactly 3 neighbours give birth. - Some notes: the "STAT n" information does not have to be present in the - initial configuration; the initial configuration should not have live - cells around the edges; the grid should be a perfect rectangle. +Some notes: the "STAT n" information does not have to be present in the +initial configuration; the initial configuration should not have live +cells around the edges; the grid should be a perfect rectangle. - Further features: the current generation number is preserved, and the - grid automatically resizes itself as the object gets too big or too - small. +Further features: the current generation number is preserved, and the +grid automatically resizes itself as the object gets too big or too +small. - When writing this program, my goal was to make each cell in the life - grid expand to the code which calculates the fate of that cell. In - addition, the resulting program is a single expression, which makes it - necessary to recurse on main in two "directions" simultaneously. +When writing this program, my goal was to make each cell in the life +grid expand to the code which calculates the fate of that cell. In +addition, the resulting program is a single expression, which makes it +necessary to recurse on main in two "directions" simultaneously. ## Copyright and CC BY-SA 4.0 License: