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Should the task define specific rules the birds follow, so implementations won't be too arbitrary? --[[User:Ledrug|Ledrug]] 18:40, 7 January 2013 (UTC)
Should the task define specific rules the birds follow, so implementations won't be too arbitrary? --[[User:Ledrug|Ledrug]] 18:40, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

:: There are several variants of the three rules of boids movements, but the original ones should be enough for this task. -[[User:Bearophile|bearophile]] 23:29, 7 January 2013 (UTC)


:Yep. We really do need something concrete to implement rather than a vague link to a Wikipedia article that does not seem to have any pseudo-code to follow. --[[User:Paddy3118|Paddy3118]] 19:58, 7 January 2013 (UTC)
:Yep. We really do need something concrete to implement rather than a vague link to a Wikipedia article that does not seem to have any pseudo-code to follow. --[[User:Paddy3118|Paddy3118]] 19:58, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

:: I agree the Task specification is incomplete and needs improvements. (I think a Boids task is good for RosettaCode because the code needed for such simulation is not too much long, and it's a kind of task not overrepresented in RC.) -[[User:Bearophile|bearophile]] 23:29, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

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Should the task define specific rules the birds follow, so implementations won't be too arbitrary? --Ledrug 18:40, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

There are several variants of the three rules of boids movements, but the original ones should be enough for this task. -bearophile 23:29, 7 January 2013 (UTC)
Yep. We really do need something concrete to implement rather than a vague link to a Wikipedia article that does not seem to have any pseudo-code to follow. --Paddy3118 19:58, 7 January 2013 (UTC)
I agree the Task specification is incomplete and needs improvements. (I think a Boids task is good for RosettaCode because the code needed for such simulation is not too much long, and it's a kind of task not overrepresented in RC.) -bearophile 23:29, 7 January 2013 (UTC)