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From: Martyn.Amos@dcs.warwick.ac.uk (Martyn Amos)
Subject: Re: Bugworld -- fixed version
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Date: Mon, 6 Mar 1995 11:48:16 GMT
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In article <Ben.17.000B6086@ins.netins.net> Ben@ins.netins.net (Ben Sinclair) writes:
>>Sorry about this folks; I should really have tested it on a few more platforms
>>before making it publically available.
>
>>Until I fix it, I'll remove it from the server.
>
>>Martyn
>
>It's a great program!! :) If you want any suggestions, here's one: Make it 
>print a grid showing the movement of the bugs, then you can hit a key to 
>toggle to the status screen that shows the best code/fitness. I don't know how 
>you would handle worlds larger than the screen thouhg... :)

Thanks for the feedback.

An earlier version used the curses library to provide a simple graphical
depiction of the environment. Unfortunately, this slowed things up too much
(I was running it on an *old* DEC workstation).

>And, make it so we can write our own code and see how well it does. I want to 
>do that more than watch the grid. 

This was mentioned in the "Further Work" section of the project report.

>I can't wait for it to get fixed!!

I shall do my best :)

Martyn
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