In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Marco IK1ODO -2
writes:
>Life was ideated by J.H. Conway in 1970. See
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway%27s_Game_of_Life . Fascinating
>(to me) as it was 27 years ago. Sorry for the OT!
Actually, the idea is much older (WWII), and like so much else,
comes from the productive mind of John Von Neumann:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Von_Neumann_cellular_automata
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Von_Neumann_Universal_Constructor
And where Conway was merely toying with computers, JVN was plotting
how to mine all the metals in the moon :-)
Poul-Henning
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