life3d

Extension to Conway's game of Life, Carter Bays' S45/B5 3d life
David Bagley.
1994

History 01-Nov-2000: Allocation checks
10-May-1997: Compatible with xscreensaver
18-Apr-1997: Memory leak fixed by Tom Schmidt
12-Mar-1995: added LIFE_S567B6 compile-time option
12-Feb-1995: shooting gliders added
07-Dec-1994: used life.c and a DOS version of 3dlife
Copyright 1993 Anthony Wesley awesley_at_canb.auug.org.au found at
life.anu.edu.au /pub/complex_systems/alife/3DLIFE.ZIP
There is some flashing that was not in the original. This is because
the direct video memory access garbage collection was not portable.


References:
Dewdney, A.K., The Armchair Universe, Computer Recreations from the
Pages of Scientific American Magazine , W.H. Freedman and Company,
New York, 1988 (February 1987 p 16)
Bays, Carter, The Game of Three Dimensional Life , 86/11/20
with (latest?) update from 87/2/1