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3rd Aug 2015

This is an intriguing consequence of Ogsterduck's 'CRAY life' save. If you know what to do with this, please make whatever use of it you can. A more detailed explanation can be found in the save itself.

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ogsterduck 3rd Aug 2015

If nothing else, it's really cool looking :D
Technomancer 3rd Aug 2015

I think the application would be more to control several devices or outputs without the need for external timers and suchlike. I didn't envisage using it as data storage per se, more as a kind of script to send sparks when needed without the need for direct user involvement - it doesn't replace memory, it replaces the guy pushing all the buttons.
ogsterduck 3rd Aug 2015

This is similar to Tupper's Self-Referential Formula in a way.
ogsterduck 3rd Aug 2015

Great pseudorandom generator though! :P
ogsterduck 3rd Aug 2015

Using this as data storage would require some scripting outside of TPT to generate the needed starting states for given data. As far as I can think you could only have one usable end state and you would still have to have traditional memory to tell you what frame that state is at. Maybe someone else has better ideas though.
Corpsey 3rd Aug 2015

How is this at all more compact than just a byte of memory in a line?
Technomancer 3rd Aug 2015

I added a smaller grid. This one tends to stop by itself pretty quickly, so would be better for short programs. You could also network multiple grids together and integrate conventional logic circuits to make something more sophisticated.
CTpyromaniac1337 3rd Aug 2015

What did you say? I couldn't understand ._.
Cloudz 3rd Aug 2015

I don't have any programming knowledge either but you are seriously helping this community with new ideas, rather than using older ones. +1 to you! This deserves frontpage.

The Powder Toy

Extremely compact programming system by Technomancer

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