Re: [livecode] [OT] cellular automata

From: AlgoMantra <algomantra_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 05:12:40 +0530

>
> Well, in your original question you ask "The question is this: You can't
> possibly update all the cells
> simultaneously can you?" and that is exactly what my method will do. It
> won't *calculate* all cells at the same time since a cpu will only do one
> thing at the same time but they will *update* at the same moment which is
> very different and where you start calculating won't matter; it won't affect
> a thing, you could do it forwards, backwards or at random and the result
> will be the same which is exactly what you need here.
>
> If for some conceptual reason you need to *calculate* them all at the same
> time then it's probably time to rent time in some super-computer meant for
> weather simulations. Really, read my explanations back.
>


You said it Kas, "a cpu will only do one thing at the same time". So I've
already assumed that I need a million cpu's. How I'm going to get them is my
problem.

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