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# Conway's Life
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Original from David Ahl's _Basic Computer Games_, downloaded from http://www.vintage-basic.net/games.html.
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Ported to Rust by Jon Fetter-Degges
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Developed and tested on Rust 1.64.0
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## How to Run
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Install Rust using the instructions at [rust-lang.org](https://www.rust-lang.org/tools/install).
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At a command or shell prompt in the `rust` subdirectory, enter `cargo run`.
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## Differences from Original Behavior
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* The simulation stops if all cells die.
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* `.` at the beginning of an input line is supported but optional.
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* Input of more than 66 columns is rejected. Input will automatically terminate after 20 rows. Beyond these bounds, the original
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implementation would have marked the board as invalid, and beyond 68 cols/24 rows it would have had an out of bounds array access.
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* The check for the string "DONE" at the end of input is case-independent.
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* The program pauses for half a second between each generation.
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