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From: "Steve Clement" <sjc4927@linknet.net>
Subject: Re: Java program
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Date: Wed, 24 Jul 1996 11:54:39 -0500
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> Christopher Helck <pp002531@interraamp.com> wrote in article
<31F5C3D1.74D@interraamp.com>...
> Steve Clement wrote:
> > 
> > If you have a Java-capable browser, take a look at the applet at
> > 
> > http://www2.linknet.net/sjc4927/Evolve.html
> 
> Very nice. I assume you have three genes controlling the length of 
> branchs (a ratio), the angle a branch makes, and the depth of the tree.
> It might be fun to color each branch -- a sub branch is 10% darker than 
> it's parent... You could draw 5 different mutations at once and let the
> user select the tree that will survive -- prettyness would become a 
> survival trait.
> 
> Can you make a link to your source files? or submit it to Gamalan? I'd
> like to play with it at some point.
> 
> Regards,
> Christopher Helck
> 
> 
Thanks.  The color idea is very good.  I'm looking for ideas on new genes,
and
I'll add the color one.  I'll link up the source.  Maybe we can team up
and add
the "Natural Selection" routine.


