Comment on Show HN: Multi-player Competitive Conway's Game of LifeComments−cpfohl11yDo you detect stable states to declare a draw? They can take many generations to develop and reveal themselves...−cpfohl11yTeach me to not read to the end. There's a fixed number of generations, it looks like.−lockes5hadow11yYou mean solve the halting problem? That would be impressive.−cpfohl11yno, I mean detecting a cycle. If you ever find a state that has already been visited you can know for certain it's "stuck"
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Do you detect stable states to declare a draw? They can take many generations to develop and reveal themselves...
Teach me to not read to the end. There's a fixed number of generations, it looks like.
You mean solve the halting problem? That would be impressive.
no, I mean detecting a cycle. If you ever find a state that has already been visited you can know for certain it's "stuck"