This is the readme file for the CDM interpreter. This program executes programs written in a specialized language called SLANG. It is intended for programming and executing asynchronous cellular automata. It is being distributed in the following files: cdm-exe.sit.hqx Executable, some test code cdm-src.sit.hqx Source Code These are Stuffit 1.5.1 archives that have also been Binhex'ed. If you are using FTP, they can be transferred as ascii files. To unpack them you will need Stuffit 1.5.1 or later. The program is not well documented within these archives; in fact, there pretty much isn't any documentation in the archives. We're working on it. We're also working on a better readme file. To use the program, you're going to need to read one of the papers that have been written about it. The papers were written by Prof. Hans Sieburg at UC San Diego. [Apologies for not having bibliographic references here... we're rushing out the distribution because people who have already read the papers want the software. If you need pointers to the papers, send one of us email. -- SK] We should have more documentation available soon; in the meantime, contact one of us if you want more information. Prof. Hans Sieburg, hsieburg@ucsd.edu, (619) 543-5081 (For questions regarding the research) Scott Kelley, sakelley@ucsd.edu, (619) 534-8560 2/5/91