Talk:Boids

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)

This Python version is readable and it doesn't have obstacles. http://code.activestate.com/recipes/502240-boids-version-11/ Removing the GUI code it's about 120 lines of non-comment Python code. Is this too much for a RosettaCode Task?

The Python code generates the board but what about the actual task? What are the rules for the simulation? Also it's not very good practice to rely on code as an explanation for an entire task. Explaining things in English, pseudocode, or diagrams/tables is preferred. Not everybody can read Python (including me). --Mwn3d 04:27, 8 January 2013 (UTC)