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 #### Porting Notes
 
+- To make sense of the code, it's important to understand what the values in the A(X,Y) array mean:
+  - 0: dead cell
+  - 1: live cell
+  - 2: currently live, but dead next cycle
+  - 3: currently dead, but alive next cycle
+
+
 (please note any difficulties or challenges in porting here)