Conway's Game of Life

I-Game of Life (isibonelo se-automaton yamaselula) idlalwa kugridi engunxantathu yezinhlangothi ezimbili zama cell. Iseli ngalinye lingaphila noma lifile. Isimo seseli ngalinye liguqula ukujika ngakunye komdlalo (okubizwa nangokuthi isizukulwane) ngokuya ngesibalo sabomakhelwane baka-8 balelo seli. Omakhelwane beseli ngamaseli athinta lelo seli, kungaba ngaphezulu, mpo, noma i-diagonal kuleyo seli.

Iphethini yokuqala isizukulwane sokuqala. Isizukulwane sesibili sivela ekusetshenzisweni kwemithetho ngasikhathi sinye kuwo wonke amaseli ebhodini lomdlalo, ukuzalwa nokufa kufinyelela ngasikhathi sinye. Ngemuva kwalokho, imithetho isetshenziswa ngokuchazayo ukudala izizukulwane ezizayo. Esizukulwaneni ngasinye somdlalo, isimo seseli esizukulwaneni esilandelayo sinqunywa iqoqo lemithetho. Le mithetho elula yilena elandelayo:

Uma iseli liyaphila, khona-ke lihlala likhona uma linomakhelwane aba-2 noma abathathu
Uma ingqamuzana selifile, liqala ukuvela kuphela uma linomakhelwane abathathu abaphilayo
Kunokuhlukahluka okuningi kule mithetho njengoba kunezinhlanganisela ezihlukile zezinombolo okufanele uzisebenzise ukunquma ukuthi amaseli ahlala nini noma afe. UConway uzame eziningi zalezi zinto ezihlukile ngaphambi kokuxazulula le mithetho ethile. Okunye kwalokhu kuhluka kubangela ukuba izimboni zisheshe zife, kanti ezinye zanda ngaphandle komkhawulo ukugcwalisa indawo yonke, noma ingxenye enkulu yalokho. Imithetho engenhla isondele kakhulu emngceleni ophakathi kwalezi zinhlaka ezimbili zemithetho, futhi nokwazi esikwaziyo ngezinye izinhlelo ezingalungile, ungalindela ukuthola amaphethini ayinkimbinkimbi kakhulu futhi athokozisayo kulo mngcele, lapho amabutho aphikisanayo wokunweba okubalekile nokufa ukulinganisa ngokucophelela omunye komunye.