| 1 | # Overview # |
| 2 | |
| 3 | Program to breed N generations of surreal numbers and arrange them in order. |
| 4 | |
| 5 | |
| 6 | # Status # |
| 7 | |
| 8 | Fully functional and tested on Debian 10.9 with Go 1.16.3. |
| 9 | |
| 10 | |
| 11 | # Instructions # |
| 12 | |
| 13 | Sample output is shown below for four generations. The vertical axis plots the |
| 14 | numberline from smallest to largest and the horizontal axis plots generation. |
| 15 | |
| 16 | % ./ch1-breeding-numbers -generations 4 |
| 17 | . . . aas = <---|aag> |
| 18 | . . aag = <---|aac> |
| 19 | . . . aal = <aag|aac> |
| 20 | . aac = <---|aaa> |
| 21 | . . . aam = <aac|aad> |
| 22 | . . aad = <aac|aaa> |
| 23 | . . . aan = <aad|aaa> |
| 24 | aaa = <---|---> |
| 25 | . . . aao = <aaa|aae> |
| 26 | . . aae = <aaa|aab> |
| 27 | . . . aap = <aae|aab> |
| 28 | . aab = <aaa|---> |
| 29 | . . . aaq = <aab|aaj> |
| 30 | . . aaj = <aab|---> |
| 31 | . . . abd = <aaj|---> |
| 32 | After 4 generations, the universe contains 15 numbers. |
| 33 | If output looks poor, ensure tabstop is eight spaces and that output doesn't wrap. |
| 34 | |