I created this as an exercise to learn some golang.
This implementation of the game is played on a torus, like the old-school video game "Asteroids".
go build -o life ./src/main.go# get help on cmdline args
./life --help
# start with a canned initial condition and board size
./life
# start with an acorn that grows into a bigger colony and takes a while to reach steady state
./life -i ./src/acorn.txt
# same thing but on a much smaller board. it will die sooner!
./life -i ./src/acorn.txt -x 10 -y 10
# the famous glider
./life -i ./src/glider.txt