From: JamesBritt <james@...>
Date: 2002-10-14T04:42:19+09:00
Subject: Re: Commodore 64

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>
> What, you already had a C compiler for a Commodore 64 back then?  You were
> ahead of your time, buddy.  I myself journeyed through BASIC and FORTRAN
> for many years before I touched C.

Abacus Software sold various compilers for the C=64, including C and Pascal.
This was around the late '80s, I think.

>
> Regarding cellular automata, isn't that the foundation of Wolfram's "A New
> Kind of Science"?  You were definitely ahead of your time....

I'm busy packing up my many books (in preparation for moving to north
Virginia), and just came across Wolfram's Theory and Application of Cellular
Automata, published in 1986.  I guess it was around that tine I was
discovering CAs and artificial life, and just got hooked.

I did some CAs using Basic, but man were they S L O W.

James

>
> Regards,
>
> Bill
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>  JamesBritt <james@jamesbritt.com> wrote:
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> > I learned C on my C=64; spent all my time writing cellular automata ...
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> > James
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