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#2This Jeff Atwood article (via the links below) is nice: https://blog.codinghorror.com/core-war-two-programs-enter-on...
The original Scientific American articles which introduced Core War are at http://www.koth.org/info/akdewdney/ (via https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12566384, but no comments there). Scans of those articles (via Atwood) can be viewed here: http://www.corewars.org/sciam/
Only a few past discussion:
The Core War Game Implemented in C - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14442325 - May 2017 (1 comment)
The Halloween Core War Tournament - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8505573 - Oct 2014 (1 comment)
Core War Tournament – Spring 2014 - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7804141 - May 2014 (11 comments)
Two Programs Enter, One Program Leaves - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2462535 - April 2011 (37 comments)
Core War: Two Programs Enter, One Program Leaves - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=153505 - April 2008 (8 comments)
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#3I remember having to order a copy of the SA article for a small amount of $ (which I didn't have, but didn't not have, kids didn't have money) and a week wait at school from the state library.
Different world...
(And the hysteria in the 80s/early 90s was this was training for computer virus writers ;) but people also thought computer crime was fun so it wasn't like D&D style hysteria)
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#4Unfortunately corewar.io seems down. I'm not sure what happened to them.
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#5I have fond memories of this being the final challenge of Zebulun[0]. They took a top performing program and gave specific requirements, like creating a vampire pit to trap the other program.
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#6Unfortunately corewar.io seems down. I'm not sure what happened to them.
works for me
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#7I remember reading about a version of this for the BBC Micro called RAM Wars which was published in Micro User in 1988. Tracked down details here:
https://www.stardot.org.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=14334
It's basically the same game, including referring to Redcode and running it in MARS.
Apparently there was an earlier BBC port that seems closer to the original game in 1985, predating RAM Wars.
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#8Unfortunately corewar.io seems down. I'm not sure what happened to them.
works for me
Does it really?
https://www.corewar.io/app/editor/src
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#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
works for me
Does it really? https://www.corewar.io/app/editor/src
Yes, it works.
However, the site is .. odd. I'm not sure what triggers it, but if I visit the page from a link on the site, it works, but if I visit that link from your link, it doesn't. Except now, now they both work. Some odd caching artifact? Not sure.