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From: sa209@utb.shv.hb.se (Claes Andersson)
Subject: Re: Alife programs for Macs &&&& PCs: Suggestion
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Date: Thu, 22 Dec 1994 17:43:40 GMT
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In article <3dc80r$i69@yell.zetnet.co.uk> open.learning@zetnet.co.uk (Open Learning) writes:

>> In article <3cpujg$peq@yell.zetnet.co.uk> 
>open.learning@zetnet.co.uk (Open Learning) writes:

>> >>   I really think there is a need and demand for Alife software that
>> >> run on Microcomputers. 

>> >Why limit this to Macs and PCs?

>> >For the past 12 years I have been happily programming
>> >without ever seeing either a Mac or a PC.  I don't 
>> >think that this has been a hindrance as I've been 
>> >using C for years and also have versions of Lisp,
>> >PROLOG, Smalltalk, etc, etc...

>>  What ave you been using then? Atari ST, Amiga? The need and 
>> demand for any AL-application for these two platforms ought to be nil. PC is 
>> much more widespread than any other platform. If we are talking about making 
>> something commercially available it will have to be for PC, Mac or perhaps 
>> UNIX. 

>I was not thinking of anything commercial, I just write for fun
>and enjoyment and have never made a penny from anything I've done.

>What I meant was that with the source code availible, if I can 
>twist it a bit to run on my computer (an Atari at the moment) 
>I will have done something new and interesting (to me, anyway) 
>and will have a program that otherwise I would not have.  

>I would not go as far as saying that there would be a demand for
>commercial AL applications on other types of computers, but I do
>think that there must be more people out there who, for one reason
>or another, don't have PCs but still would take an interest in this 
>type of program.

 How interesting, I've always had Ataris as well, the last one being a 
Falcon030 but since I don't work with music it was impossible to hold on to 
it.. it had to be a PC instead, very little software seems to be released 
for GEM/TOS anymore. 
(A bit of subject.. I'm sorry)

 Well, no.. perhaps not commercial but... why not? To use Alife-methods in 
games etc. would be very good. If you use Lattice C 5.6 I think it could be 
quite easy to port the code to a PC as long as you don't use AES.H, VDI.H or 
any of those specific header-files. But of course, it will have to be in 
textmode in that case.

Claes Andersson. University of Bors. Sweden

Claes Andersson. University of Bors. Sweden. 
