[HN Gopher] Computational Life: How self-replicating programs em...
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       Computational Life: How self-replicating programs emerge from
       simple interaction
        
       Author : jasondavies
       Score  : 63 points
       Date   : 2024-06-28 12:36 UTC (2 days ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (arxiv.org)
 (TXT) w3m dump (arxiv.org)
        
       | JyrkiAlakuijala wrote:
       | Zilog Z80: The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated. I'm
       | actually creating life nowadays.
        
         | muragekibicho wrote:
         | Lol I saw your tweet
        
       | p1esk wrote:
       | They use Brainfuck language for the experiments. Seriously.
        
         | Zondartul wrote:
         | It's convienient because any random collection letters is a
         | "valid" brainfuck program.
        
           | optimalsolver wrote:
           | StupidStackLanguage also has this pleasing property:
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           | https://esolangs.org/wiki/StupidStackLanguage
        
       | jekude wrote:
       | Combinatory Chemistry [0] is a great paper that is referenced.
       | Using Combinatory Logic feels a lot cleaner than brainfuck IMO.
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       | [0] https://arxiv.org/abs/2003.07916
        
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