ALIFE 2020 TUTORIAL: HackSPLAT

Programming soft alife with SPLAT and ulam

Deterministic CPU/RAM computing is becoming unscalable and unsecurable. The Movable Feast Machine is an indefinitely scalable architecture based on best-effort correctness and robust, life-like software. This tutorial introduces the two main programming languages for the MFM.

Tutorial organization

When and where

Conducted online July 13, 2020 16:00-17:30 EDT, as part of the ALIFE2020 conference

Target audience

Programmers and developers comfortable enough with traditional computers and languages to wonder if there isn't something more out there -- AKA Restless Deterministic Machine Programmers

Organizer

Dave Ackley, director of Living Computation Foundation and the T2 Tile Project, AKA Recovering, Restless Deterministic Machine Programmer

Tutorial resources

Scripts and code samples

A single zip file with install information and code snippets.

Slides

A PDF file with slides and notes

Video

Youtube

Notes

Excellent tutorial notes by Liza Shulyayeva