Conway's Game of Life – Bill Gosper's Remarkable Demo
youtu.beI'm astounded every time I come back to these videos, and I know HN will appreciate them. Nowhere else have I seen this level of Life hacking.
If you know a way to access the software or patterns used in this demo, please let me know.
Youtube description:
"Bill Gosper's LIFE and MACSYMA presentation from November 4th, 2007 at the Computer History Museum during VCF 10."
Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpgA2oCQj9o
Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFxEyoujzxw
Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppnadmuDRIs
Part 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wmg7xZLtjU
Part 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_AXix3ALeM
Part 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cplgw4h_zgk
Bill Gosper: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Gosper
Hashlife: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hashlife
The software used is Golly http://golly.sourceforge.net. It comes with many of examples to play with.