2d rewriter - a cellular automata simulator

Key features

Declarative input language for rules and initial patterns definition.

Ability to emulate Conway's Life Game via proper rules specification.

Ability to demonstrate self replicating loops.

Patterns are tried in 4 orientations.

Cell directions are defined against the pattern orientation.

Total number of rules can be substantially decreased by using sets and defining patterns using variables.

Required run time environment is a minimal X Window system installation on an POSIX-compatible system (*BSD/Linux/Mac OS X/Cygwin/...).

How to build

The standard way. Run xmkmf -a to generate Makefile and then run make.

A less standard way. Run:
gcc `pkg-config --cflags --libs x11` -O3 -o2d-rewriter *.c

The hard way. Run something like:
gcc -Ix11inc -Lx11lib -lX11 -O3 -o2d-rewriter *.c
where x11inc is a path to X11 include files and x11lib is a path to X11 libraries.

Source code and documentation

2d-rewriter-1.3.tar.gz