GOL

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See also: gol, Gol, and GoL

English

Proper noun

GOL

  1. (cellular automata) Initialism of Game of Life.
    Alternative form: GoL
    • 1993 September 7, Teemu Lahteenmaki, “Game of Life patterns wanted”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet):
      Any info about optimal GOL-algorithms are also welcome. The algorithm I figured is quite fast, but certainly not optimal.. I am using 320x198 (=63360) array of cells, and with my machine I am getting about 7.7 generations per second, but with some assembly optimizing I could be even faster.
    • 2003 September 22, Otis Schmakel, “File Posting Place(s)”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet):
      Can someone please tell me if/where there is a central repository or web site to which GoL pattern files may be posted? I have been doing some modest engineering/artwork in GoL that I wud like 2 share with others.
    • 2021 October 19, Stefan W., “Game of Life with real 8 neighbors”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet):
      Let's count a number of rules that can be built in GoL-like automatas.