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smegger001 on July 27, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Mammals dream about the world they are about to ex...

complex emergent behaviors from simple rule systems is quiet common.

conways game of life is derived from 4 simple rules yet shows complex behavior including the ability to operate a universal turring machine.

a few hundred megs of instructions seems quiet reasonably able to generate a highly complex system

anthk on July 27, 2021 [–]

You can play Tetris on GNU sed. You can play Zork on a PostScript interpreter by simulating the ZMachine on PS.

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