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'''jslife''' is the major part of [[Jason Summers]]' pattern collection and is frequently referenced as the source of a [[Life]] pattern discovered prior to 2013. | |||
'''jslife''' is the major part of [[Jason Summers]]' pattern collection and is frequently referenced as the source of a [[Life]] pattern discovered prior to 2013. | |||
'''jslife- | '''jslife-oversize''' is a supplement that contains patterns that are very large or very slow to develop. | ||
'''osc-supplement''' is a supplement that contains a collection of oscillators found before 2015 that are not included in jslife, maintained by [[Matthias Merzenich]]. | |||
'''jslife-moving''', maintained by Matthias Merzenich, includes the moving [[object]]s of Summers' jslife collection and incorporates older [[c/3]] and [[2c/5]] collections by [[David Bell]] and [[Paul Tooke]] without modification. The collection focuses on [[elementary]]-based technology and includes [[elementary spaceship]]s, [[puffer]]s and [[rake]]s, [[wickstretcher]]s and [[wavestretcher]]s, as well as a few incomplete spaceship [[component]]s, and is currently the primary reference source for such objects. It excludes large [[engineered spaceship]]s and puffers (e.g. [[Caterpillar]], [[Gemini]]), [[growing spaceship]]s, and non-[[linear growth]] patterns like [[breeder]]s. | |||
== Contents of jslife == | == Contents of jslife == | ||
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* applications: patterns whose population over time is unusual, "high-level" patterns, and patterns designed to calculate or emulate something. | * applications: patterns whose population over time is unusual, "high-level" patterns, and patterns designed to calculate or emulate something. | ||
* c2-extended: c/2 spaceships, puffers, and rakes, by period | * c2-extended: c/2 spaceships, puffers, and rakes, by [[period]] | ||
* | * [[fuse]]s: some ways that linearly-repeating patterns can decay | ||
* | * [[gun]]s: spaceship guns, excluding "ordinary" glider guns, i.e. guns with an adjustable period, an unusual shape, or that fire multiple spaceships or unusual kinds of spaceships | ||
* interactions: moving | * interactions: moving [[reaction]]s that are supported by one or more guns or puffers, which move at a different velocity than the reaction itself | ||
* misc: reactions that are interesting or useful and do not fit elsewhere | * misc: reactions that are interesting or useful and do not fit elsewhere | ||
* osc: | * osc: [[oscillator]]s, by period | ||
* osc-supported: oscillating patterns requiring support with glider guns or a | * osc-supported: oscillating patterns requiring support with glider guns or a similar mechanism | ||
* slideguns: guns that fire each glider on a separate path | * slideguns: guns that fire each glider on a separate path ([[slide gun]]s and [[tethered rake]]s) | ||
* synthesis: patterns of gliders that collide to form objects | * [[synthesis]]: patterns of gliders that collide to form objects | ||
velocity-xxx: spaceships, puffers, stretchers, etc., of | * [[velocity]]-xxx: spaceships, puffers, stretchers, etc., of velocity xxx=(2c/5, c/2, c/3, c/4 diagonal, c/4 orthogonal, c/5 orthogonal, c/12 diagonal, other) | ||
* [[wick]]s: [[extensible]] oscillators | |||
There are also two useful readme files. | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
* [http://entropymine.com/jason/life/ Jason Summers' pattern collection] | * [http://entropymine.com/jason/life/ Jason Summers' pattern collection] includes links to jslife and jslife-oversize collections | ||
* [https://github.com/Matthias-Merzenich/jslife-moving jslife-moving] | * [https://github.com/Matthias-Merzenich/jslife-moving jslife-moving] | ||
* [https://github.com/Matthias-Merzenich/osc-supplement osc-supplement] | |||
[[Category:Pattern collections and databases]] | [[Category:Pattern collections and databases]] | ||
Latest revision as of 18:27, 31 December 2022
jslife is the major part of Jason Summers' pattern collection and is frequently referenced as the source of a Life pattern discovered prior to 2013.
jslife-oversize is a supplement that contains patterns that are very large or very slow to develop.
osc-supplement is a supplement that contains a collection of oscillators found before 2015 that are not included in jslife, maintained by Matthias Merzenich.
jslife-moving, maintained by Matthias Merzenich, includes the moving objects of Summers' jslife collection and incorporates older c/3 and 2c/5 collections by David Bell and Paul Tooke without modification. The collection focuses on elementary-based technology and includes elementary spaceships, puffers and rakes, wickstretchers and wavestretchers, as well as a few incomplete spaceship components, and is currently the primary reference source for such objects. It excludes large engineered spaceships and puffers (e.g. Caterpillar, Gemini), growing spaceships, and non-linear growth patterns like breeders.
Contents of jslife
The collection is organized by folder as follows:
- applications: patterns whose population over time is unusual, "high-level" patterns, and patterns designed to calculate or emulate something.
- c2-extended: c/2 spaceships, puffers, and rakes, by period
- fuses: some ways that linearly-repeating patterns can decay
- guns: spaceship guns, excluding "ordinary" glider guns, i.e. guns with an adjustable period, an unusual shape, or that fire multiple spaceships or unusual kinds of spaceships
- interactions: moving reactions that are supported by one or more guns or puffers, which move at a different velocity than the reaction itself
- misc: reactions that are interesting or useful and do not fit elsewhere
- osc: oscillators, by period
- osc-supported: oscillating patterns requiring support with glider guns or a similar mechanism
- slideguns: guns that fire each glider on a separate path (slide guns and tethered rakes)
- synthesis: patterns of gliders that collide to form objects
- velocity-xxx: spaceships, puffers, stretchers, etc., of velocity xxx=(2c/5, c/2, c/3, c/4 diagonal, c/4 orthogonal, c/5 orthogonal, c/12 diagonal, other)
- wicks: extensible oscillators
There are also two useful readme files.
External links
- Jason Summers' pattern collection includes links to jslife and jslife-oversize collections
- jslife-moving
- osc-supplement