ConwaysGameOfLifeInGroovy

An implementation of Conway's Game of Life in Groovy. This code illustrates some of the cool features in the Groovy language.

Running the script

groovy GameOfLifeScript

Sample output

Generation 1
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..X..
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Generation 2
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.XXX.
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Generation 3
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..X..
..X..
..X..
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Generation 4
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.XXX.
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Generation 5
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..X..
..X..
..X..
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Generation 1
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..X.......
...X......
.XXX......
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Generation 2
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.X.X......
..XX......
..X.......
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Generation 3
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...X......
.X.X......
..XX......
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Generation 4
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..X.......
...XX.....
..XX......
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Generation 5
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...X......
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..XXX.....
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Generation 6
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..X.X.....
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...X......
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Generation 7
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....X.....
..X.X.....
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Generation 8
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...X......
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Generation 9
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....X.....
.....X....
...XXX....
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Generation 10
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...X.X....
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....X.....
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