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==Professor John Horton Conway succumbs to Covid-19==
[https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/mercer/obituaries/covid-19-kills-renowned-princeton-mathematician-game-of-life-inventor-john-conway-in-3-days/786461/ COVID-19 Kills Renowned Princeton Mathematician, 'Game Of Life' Inventor John Conway In 3 Days].
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsecAiJDI8s The Legendary John Conway (1937-2020) - Numberphile Podcast].
==Fold-away Sample output sections==
It would be great if each example could come with a Sample output section
:How to do this, I mean technically? --[[User:Dmitry-kazakov|Dmitry-kazakov]] 09:38, 12 October 2008 (UTC)
A quick google and I found [http://bonrouge.com/togglescripts.php?script=byidtagandclass this], but I know I have seen better - I just cannot remember where. --[[User:Paddy3118|Paddy3118]] 17:20, 12 October 2008 (UTC)
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I don't think it is good idea to have headers for sample output. This makes the Contents messy. --[[User:PauliKL|PauliKL]] 10:05, 10 November 2008 (UTC)
== SETL ==
There's a problem with the SETL sample. It was made to be highlighted with the wiki syntax, then it was put in a <nowiki><lang></nowiki> tag without removing the wiki code.
== Java Swing ==
My Swing implementation is kind of long (because it's a swing implementation). If anyone finds it inappropriately long, we can discuss removing it.--[[User:Burke9077|Burke9077]] ([[User talk:Burke9077|talk]]) 17:34, 17 January 2014 (UTC)
: I've not got a problem with having it, but the code could be better. :-) For example, it's more idiomatic to not make <code>GameBoard</code> implement interfaces like <code>ComponentListener</code> and to instead pass in a inner subclass of <code>ComponentAdapter</code>. Similarly, you've got a big <code>if</code> chain inside <code>actionPerformed</code> (in <code>ConwaysGameOfLife</code>) whereas it is better to use some inner classes that are specific to each event source. You should separate the model from the GUI too (turning everything between a list of points and an array of values every turn has got to be less than perfectly efficient). All criticism offered in the spirit of trying to help you make your code be more idiomatic (my watchword for what makes a good RC example).
: There are some MediaWiki tricks for having a long example on the page without making the page (well, the page source) too long. I'll apply them if it becomes an issue (it's not, yet). –[[User:Dkf|Donal Fellows]] ([[User talk:Dkf|talk]]) 09:40, 17 January 2014 (UTC)
: You could move it to a sub-page referenced from the task page like what is done here: [[Formal_power_series#Java|Formal_power_series#Java]]. --[[User:Paddy3118|Paddy3118]] ([[User talk:Paddy3118|talk]]) 12:00, 17 January 2014 (UTC)
:: Thanks for the advice Donal''d'', I will move the actions that I can to annon innerclasses. I think I will take your advice Paddy3118, I removed a lot of commenting when I posted it here, so I could restore that in a separate page.--[[User:Burke9077|Burke9077]] ([[User talk:Burke9077|talk]]) 17:34, 17 January 2014 (UTC)
::: You're welcome. --[[User:Paddy3118|Paddy3118]] ([[User talk:Paddy3118|talk]]) 18:50, 17 January 2014 (UTC)
== Boundary conditions ==
The task says "Assume cells beyond the boundary are always dead.", but to correctly handle all patterns an implementation of Life should really support an unlimited canvas (which is usually implmented by storing a set of coordinates of live cells). I think rather than require this specific detail, the task should permit any of the three usual approaches: actually unbounded, a boundary of dead cells, or a toroidal canvas (wraparound). --[[User:Markjreed|Markjreed]] ([[User talk:Markjreed|talk]]) 03:25, 19 August 2022 (UTC)
:Hi, there is a need to have language examples doing the same thing so they can be compared. --[[User:Paddy3118|Paddy3118]] ([[User talk:Paddy3118|talk]]) 06:29, 20 August 2022 (UTC)
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