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The script does not work for me under Debian Sid.
I get the following error:


Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
File "/home/philipp/.golly/golly_clip.py", line 413, in <module>
os.makedirs(SCRIPT_RESULTS_DIRECTORY)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/os.py", line 157 ...

There doesn't seem to be anything strange with your configuration. What version of Python are you using? (It's tested on version 2.7.)

I seem to recall that xrange() malfunctions if you try to feed it a number exceeding 2^31. I should probably alter the script to prevent that from happening.

It ...

unfortunately it lead to a complette freeze of Golly.

That's very bizarre behaviour; what specification is your machine (and what seed did you use)? It very occasionally (once every few hours, on average) stalls for about a minute whilst it performs error-correction; it's possible you were just ...

I'm a longtime-lurker, and guessed I would stay that.

I downloaded the script, and tried to test it, unfortunately it lead to a complette freeze of Golly. (Next time, I will start it from the command line to get error messages.)

In the latest results, however, the least interesting soup in the ...