Conway's "Game of Life" ... when invented?

From: Hans B Pufal <hansp_at_digiweb.com>
Date: Sun Jul 25 15:10:31 1999

ss_at_allegro.com wrote:

> I was wondering if anyone knows when John Conway invented "life". The
> best I've found on the web is "1960s".
>
> But...I just saw a movie, "Ocean's Eleven" (starring Frank Sinatra and the
> rest of the Rat Pack) ... and I'd swear that the start of the credits looks a lot
> like a run of life (i.e., several generations of display in the cellular automata
> game) at the beginning, which then segues into pseudo-Vegas neon signs.
>
> The movie is credited as being in 1960.
Received on Sun Jul 25 1999 - 15:10:31 BST

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