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Life
by
Julian Skidmore
see here for the download files, wave, Ace and Tap.


64 constant width
40 constant height
width height * constant gridSize

create grid0 gridSize allot
create grid1 gridSize allot

: showgrid ( grid -- )
	gridSize + ( end of grid )
	width - width dup + swap
	height 0 do
		width 0 do
			i j 3 pick c@ plot
			1+
		loop
		over -
	loop
	drop drop
; 
( 8 * 4096 = 4s, 4.37 slow. 2.6s fast, 12.6kips )


( different show grid. )

: hex 16 base c! ;

hex 2c00 gChrSet decimal
16 constant gUdg0

( each cell is 0,0,0,0 for off, 6,9,9,6 for on
	32
	10
)

create cellpats
6 c, 9 c, 9 c, 6 c,

: GenCellChar ( n )
	dup gUdg0 + 8 * gChrSet +
	GenCellSemiChar
	drop
	swap 4 *
	GenCellSemiChar
;

: GenCellSemiChar
	cellPats ( n chrPtr cellpats )
	3 0 do
		3 pick 4 and if
			dup c@
		else
			0
		then ( n chrPtr cellPats val )
		4 pick 8 and if
			over c@ 16 *
		else
			0
		then
		+ ( n chrPtr cellPats val )
		3 pick c!
		1+ swap 1+ ( n chrPtr+1 cellPats+1 )
	loop
;

: showgrid2
	width 2 / swap 
	height 2 / 0 do
		3 pick 0 do ( width / 2 )
			dup c@ dup + over 1+ c@ + dup +
			over width + c@ + dup +
			over +br + c@ + 65 + emit
			1+
		loop ( 27 words * 608, 1..2s )
		width dup + + ( next row )
	loop
;

: Calcpop (grid -- )
	0
	gridSize 0 do
		over c@ +
		swap 1+ swap
	loop
	0 20 at ." Pop=" . space space
;

0 variable seed

( rand in range 0..64k)
: rand ( -- rand )
	seed @ 1+ 75 * dup seed !
;

: gengrid ( level grid -- )
	height 0 do
		width 0 do
			over rand < over c!
			1+
		loop
	loop
	drop drop	
;

( 123 On top, 123 are +gridsize-1, 
+gridsize-width and +gridsize-width+1
4x5 That's +ftfr +ft +ftr
678 4 and 6 are the same as 
 calcCellL.) 
 
: calcCell-lt ( gridloc -- )
	dup +ftfr + c@ ( tl )
	over +ft + c@ + ( +t )
	over +ftr + c@ + ( +tr )
	over +bl + c@ + ( +l )
	over 1+ c@ + ( +r )
	over +bfr + c@ + ( +bl )
	over width + c@ + ( +b )
	over +br + c@ + ( +br )
; 
( DONE )

( 123 On top, 123 are +gridsize-width-1,
 +gridsize-width and +gridsize-width+1
  4x5 That's  +ftl  +ft  +ftr 678 )
: calcCellT ( gridloc -- )
	dup +ftl + c@ ( tl )
	over +ft + c@ + ( +t )
	over +ftr + c@ + ( +tr )
	over 1- c@ + ( +l )
	over 1+ c@ + ( +r )
	over +bl + c@ + ( +bl )
	over width + c@ + ( +b )
	over +br + c@ + ( +br )
; 
( DONE )

( 123 at rhs, 3 5 8 are: +gridsize-width-1, 
+gridsize-width, +gridSize-width*2+1
  4x5 That's  +ftl  +ft +fbfl
  678 Otherwise, like Calccell-r, but )


: calcCellTR ( gridloc -- )
	dup +ftl + c@ ( tl )
	over ft + c@ + ( +t )
	over +fbfl + c@ + ( +tr )
	over 1- c@ + ( +l )
	over +bl - c@ + ( +r )
	over +bl + c@ + ( +bl )
	over width + c@ + ( +b )
	over 1+ c@ + ( +br )
; 

( DONE )

: calcCellL ( gridloc -- )
	dup 1- c@ ( far top right )
	over width - c@ + ( +t )
	over +bl - c@ + ( +tr )
	over +bl + c@ + ( far right )
	over 1+ c@ + ( +r )
	over +bfr + c@ + ( +b far right )
	over width + c@ + ( +b )
	over +br + c@ + ( +br )
; 

( 38  - DONE )

: calcCell ( gridloc -- gridloc sum )
	dup +br - c@ ( tl )
	over width - c@ + ( +t )
	over +bl - c@ + ( +tr )
	over 1- c@ + ( +l )
	over 1+ c@ + ( +r )
	over +bl + c@ + ( +bl )
	over width + c@ + ( +b )
	over +br + c@ + ( +br )
; 

( 38 words -  DONE )

( 123 at rhs, 3 5 8 are: -127, -63, +1
  4x5 That's +bfr  +bl -
  678 Otherwise, like Central.)

: calcCellR ( gridloc -- )
	dup +br - c@ ( tl )
	over width - c@ + ( +t )
	over +bfr - c@ + ( +tr )
	over 1- c@ + ( +l )
	over +bl - c@ + ( +r )
	over +bl + c@ + ( +bl )
	over width + c@ + ( +b )
	over 1+ c@ + ( +br )
; 

( DONE Tested )

( 123 On bl, 78 are like b, 1, 4 are
like calccell-l. 6 is -FBFL.
4x5 That's  - +ftl- +ft - +ftr
678 Like bottom, but with these changes )

: calcCellBL ( gridloc -- )
	dup 1- c@ ( far top right )
	over width - c@ + ( +t )
	over +bl - c@ + ( +tr )
	over +bl + c@ + ( far right )
	over 1+ c@ + ( +r )
	over +fbfl - c@ + ( +bl )
	over +ft - c@ + ( +b )
	over +ftr - c@ + ( +br )
;


( 123 On bot, 678 are -(+gridsize-width-1),
 -(+gridsize-width) and -(+gridsize-width+1)
  4x5 That's - +ftl - +ft - +ftr 678
  Like central, but with these changes )

: calcCellB ( gridloc -- )
	dup +br - c@ ( tl )
	over width - c@ + ( +t )
	over +bl - c@ + ( +tr )
	over 1- c@ + ( +l )
	over 1+ c@ + ( +r )
	over +ftl - c@ + ( +bl )
	over +ft - c@ + ( +b )
	over +ftr - c@ + ( +br )
; ( DONE )

( 123 On br, 2,5 are like calcell-r,
 67 are like bot, 8 is -ftfr.
4x5 That's  - +ftl - +ft  - +ftr 678
Like central, but with these changes ) 

: calcCellBR ( gridloc -- )
	dup +br - c@ ( tl )
	over width - c@ + ( +t )
	over +bfr - c@ + ( +tr )
	over 1- c@ + ( +l )
	over +bl - c@ + ( +r )
	over +ftr - c@ + ( +bl )
	over +ft - c@ + ( +b )
	over +ftfr - c@ + ( +br )
;

: updateCell ( dst src sum -- dst src )
	dup 2 < over 3 > or if ( dst src sum -- )
		drop over 0 swap c! ( dst src -- )
	else
		3 = if ( dst src )
			over 1 swap c! ( dst src )
		else
			over over c@ swap c! ( dst src )
		then
	then
; ( 14: die, 16: survive, 15: born )

: nextCell
	1+ swap 1+ swap
;

: calcCellsT ( dst src -- dst src )
	calcCellTL UpdateCell nextCell
	width 1- 1 do
		calCellT UpdateCell nextCell
	loop
	calcCellTR UpdateCell nextCell
;

: ShowRow ( row -- )
 0 10 at ." Row=" . space
;

: ShowGen ( gen -- )
 0 0 at ." Gen=" .
;

: calcCellsMid
	height 1- 1 do
		calcCellL UpdateCell nextCell
		i ShowRow
		width 1- 1 do
			calcCell UpdateCell
			1+ swap 1+ swap
		loop
		calcCellR UpdateCell nextCell
	loop
;

: calcCellsB
	calcCellBL UpdateCell nextCell
	width 1- 1 do
	calCellB UpdateCell nextCell
	loop
	calcCellBR UpdateCell nextCell
	drop drop
; 

( each loop, 38 + 14 + 4 => 56 words,
	* 2560 = 143360 => 17.9s  to calc
    in slow mode, 11.9s in fast mode. 
	That's 4 generations / min
    with the column method, each loop 34 words
	 + 14 + 4 => 52 words * 2560 16.64
    or 11.09s)

: calcCells ( dst src -- )
	calcCellsT
	calcCellsMid
	calcCellsB
;

0 variable gen

: fill ( chr dst len -- )
	0 do
	over over c!
	1+
	loop
;

: Life ( level -- )
	grid0 GenGrid
	cls
	grid0 showGrid
	0 gen ! ( generation )
	gen @ showGen
	grid1 grid0
	begin
	calcCells ( update for next generation )
	gen @ 1+ dup showGen gen !
	swap dup ShowGrid
	inkey
	until
;

( Runs at 29s per generation)
(including display update).
  Still, since the zx81 version in Basic 
  took 15 minutes per generation,
  this version is about 31x faster.