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John Horton Conway - Game of 'Life' - TomC - 04-12-2020 03:36 PM
...has left us:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Horton_Conway
TomC
RE: John Horton Conway - Game of 'Life' - mfleming - 04-13-2020 01:41 AM
Sad news. The Game of Life was the first program I wrote on my own . . . in PL/I . . . on an IBM 360 . . .
RE: John Horton Conway - Game of 'Life' - The Shadow - 04-13-2020 04:41 PM
It is a great loss. His books have inspired me for decades.
RE: John Horton Conway - Game of 'Life' - John Keith - 04-13-2020 04:46 PM
Sad indeed. Richard K Guy also passed away last month. Conway and Guy were the co-authors of The Book of Numbers, one of my favorite references. The world of mathematics will be smaller without them.
RE: John Horton Conway - Game of 'Life' - Valentin Albillo - 04-13-2020 08:15 PM
(04-13-2020 04:46 PM)John Keith Wrote: Sad indeed. Richard K Guy also passed away last month. Conway and Guy were the co-authors of The Book of Numbers, one of my favorite references. The world of mathematics will be smaller without them.
Absolutely concur. I became aware of Mr. Conway and his "Game of Life" via Martin Gardner's books on recreational math, and programmed it in every computing device I could lie my hands on in every programming language known to me (including hand-assembled Z80 machine language for the Sinclair ZX81). I was delighted with the "Harvester" and awed at it being Turing-complete. Such delighful moments ...
Same with Mr. Guy and "The Book of Numbers", also a true marvelous piece of both serious and recreational math, I've read it a number of times and use it as a treasure trove for challenge and articles ideas.
Both gentlemen will be sorely missed. My condolences to their families and may them rest in peace.
V.
RE: John Horton Conway - Game of 'Life' - Massimo Gnerucci - 04-14-2020 06:36 AM
xkcd
![[Image: rip_john_conway.gif]](https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/rip_john_conway.gif)
RE: John Horton Conway - Game of 'Life' - KeithB - 04-17-2020 04:51 PM
For those with Prime's:
https://www.hpmuseum.org/forum/thread-555.html