Two Programs Enter, One Program Leaves
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Two Programs Enter, One Program Leaves
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#2What happens if the instruction pointer for, say, process A, steps into the code space for another process, B? Does the simulator treat it as an illegal instruction causing A to lose? Or does process A continue, but executing B's code?
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#3Microsoft did something similar to promote the .NET framework in it's early days. They launched the Terrarium competition http://terrarium2.codeplex.com/ where you would code your creature's AI in C# or Managed C++ and ship it as a DLL that would compete against other peoples creatures.
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#4After watching that animation for a bit I can't help contemplating some combination of Core War and Minecraft.... :-)
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#5Ah, good old Core Wars!
It is perhaps interesting to know that the next installment of the Google AI Challenge (http://ai-contest.com) is a couple of weeks away and it allows a wide range of programming languages.
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#6This looks like a fun alternative to the typical weekend hackathon. I'll give it a whirl.
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#7What happens if the instruction pointer for, say, process A, steps into the code space for another process, B? Does the simulator treat it as an illegal instruction causing A to lose? Or does process A continue, but executing B's code?
I think it treats it as a legal instruction.
What I don't get is the replicator strategy. How does replicating yourself help not die? Even if you replicate yourself to all the memory except one address -- but that one address is where your IP is you're screwed. It seems like repairing yourself and attacking the opponent are the only feasible strategies -- at least if I understand correctly.
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#8Back in the day I tried applying genetic algorithms to corewars as a high school science fair project.
I lost. They had no idea what was talking about. Early lesson in the importants of communicating technical ideas.
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#9Back in the day I tried applying genetic algorithms to corewars as a high school science fair project. I lost. They had no idea what was talking about. Early lesson in the importants of communicating technical ideas.
Oh, you lost the science fair. How did your code perform in battle?
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#10I couldn't find a Javascript environment for running this. Anybody knows if it exists?
If not, who's up for a github night ? ;-)