Scott,

At 18:36 02.11.2001 -0800, you wrote:
>I was able to load and run this from Bob's SuperSwiki without
>incident or difficulty, on a 3.2a/4467 image.  So your publishing
>foray was clearly successful.

I'm *ever so glad* to hear that.  Thanks for trying it.  My working image 
is of the 2.7 variety carried through rough times and many-a changeset, 
with custom default fonts and all that.  I was anxious that some of it 
might show through...

>This is very beautifully done, and fun, and I love the support
>materials you prepared!

Aww, thanks!  There is one thing that seems (to me, at least) incredibly 
difficult to get across, and it's *how* this "Life" is different.  I wrote 
it right after finishing Resnick's "Turtles, Termites and Traffic Jams," 
and its theme still rings through the code, I hope.

In contrast to the standard implementation, it separates cell activity from 
(uh) tissue/cell activity.  The recipe of sustained life is separated from 
the recipe for birth.  Cells are scripted standalone through their 
individual demons, and they might well do much more than in the current 
demo.  I experimented with "birth scents" and "death scents," and had them 
evaporate by StarSqueak, and even while no earth-shattering patterns 
emerged, it was an interesting journey (something I'd never even considered 
given my old TRS-80 bitwise implementation).  And no, I still can't 
describe the "click" I got.

I encourage interested parties to explore StarSqueak, and the ideas behind 
it.  And I thank John Maloney for the Squeak implementation of StarLogo, 
easy to comprehend, fast, and easy to tweak as it is.  Great stuff.

Cheers,
Helge