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...any idea when 2.8 is going to come out?

Bullet51 wrote:Some "internal spaceships":

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x = 187, y = 9, rule = B478/S1234
187o$64bobo$b64o2b119o$64bo2bobo7bobobobobo8bobo5bob2obo$2b63o5b15o2b
9ob7o3b78o$64bo2bobo14bobo7bobo5bob2obo$b64o2b119o$64bobo$187o!

Railships?

Is there a help page about the symmetry codes?

There should be a top 100 most common patterns page for each rule in the catalogue.

You mean like this? https://catagolue.appspot.com/textcensus/b3s23/C1


I forgot about those.

There should also be a page explaining the apgcode syntax.

You mean like this? https://catagolue.appspot.com ...

Bullet51 wrote:Alexey Nigin's wsearch.

Link?

There should be a top 100 most common patterns page for each rule in the catalogue. There should also be a page explaining the apgcode syntax.

Found in the comments on the python script:

unless it persists another 2^18 gens, which is so unbelievably improbable that you are more likely to be picked up by a passing ship in the vacuum of space

Yeah, I just finished running the python version on a nonstandard rule (B478/S1234) and when I quit the script I think it kind of froze Golly on me...

Saka wrote:I recently found out apgsearch works horribly with this, (probably because soups need time to stabilize and produce a lot of stuff) so yeah.

I decided to do it anyway this afternoon. Stopped it a few minutes ago. Hasn't finished doing its finalization stuff yet.

drc wrote:

SuperJedi224 wrote:Does anyone know what the minimum soup count for a haul is?

100000.

Okay, that's fine for Life, but there are rules for which 100,000 soups is just ridiculous.

Does anyone know what the minimum soup count for a haul is?

I'd like that too, but I'd like a search by RLE even more, because some patterns can have more than one name.
I'd also like a way to search comments.

I would like to suggest some features for future apgsearch programs:
-An -r option which specifies the rule
-An -s option which specifies symmetry ...

I would like to suggest the adition of a search by pattern name feature to the website

calcyman wrote:What do you mean by 'does nothing'? What happens, specifically, when you run:

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./apgnano

It prints a single empty line to the console and then immediately terminates.

Well, that fixed the compile-time issues. But now running it from cygwin does absolutely nothing, and running it from command prompt gives me an "invalid application" error.

Did running make work? It should've output the following:


$ make
g++ -c -Wall -O3 -fopenmp -DUSE_OPEN_MP main.cpp -o ...

Alright, after some work I was able to get the python version working. I would still like to know why the C++ version isn't working though.

This indicates you're not using a 64-bit toolchain. Be sure to use a 64-bit OS / distribution, on an x86_64 machine.

If you're using Cygwin, make sure it's the 64-bit version as well. (Both the 32- and 64-bit versions can be installed side-by-side, BTW, so if you already have the 32-bit version ...

Impressive assortment of stuff though.

This is a highly explosive rule, in which almost any sufficiently large pattern will quickly evolve into a spacefiller-like structure, with large numbers of spaceships often emerging from the surface.

Still lifes in common with Life include the block, the tub, the ship, and the barge. Oscillators ...

I'm getting this error at compile-time:
life128.h:1370:183: error: unknown register name ‘xmm14’ in ‘asm’
life128.h:1370:183: error: unknown register name ‘xmm13’ in ‘asm’
life128.h:1370:183: error: unknown register name ‘xmm12’ in ‘asm’
life128.h:1370:183: error: unknown register name ‘xmm11’ in ...

Bullet51 wrote:P74, P88 and P115 respectively:

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x = 35, y = 10, rule = B478/S1234
15b4o8b5o$4b2o8b2ob3o6b3o3bo$3bo2bo6bob2o2bo6bo2b4o$4b3o6bobo3bo9bobo$
b4o8b3obobo10b4o$3o10bobob3o9bobo2bo$2obo9bo3bobo6bo2b6o$b2o10bo2b2obo
6b3o5bo$13b3ob2o8b7o$14b4o!

Wow.

This is a rule that tends to take very long periods of time to stabilize, forming rather large still lifes and oscillators.

Still lifes in common with Life include the Block, the Beehive, the Boat, and the Ship.

Here's one oscillator of each period I've found so far (oscillators marked with a star ...

gameoflifeboy wrote: However, it's not notable as a methuselah, because there are patterns lasting 20 times longer with only 10 cells, for instance Bunnies 10. Even the R-pentomino, with only five cells, lasts 1103 generations.

Yeah, I know.

Is this pentadecomino new? I found it about an hour ago.

-Stabilizes on generation 888
-Produces 3 gliders, 9 blocks, 14 blinkers, 3 boats, a loaf and a ship (a final population of 145 cells)
-Peak population 373 cells (gen 764)

N92y1.png

#15-cell potential methuselah
#Lifespan 888

x = 6, y ...