Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 (Denver Mods 7/26/84) 6/24/83; site drutx.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!mtuxo!drutx!slb From: slb@drutx.UUCP (Sue Brezden) Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: Re: Adolescence of P-1 Message-ID: <444@drutx.UUCP> Date: Mon, 4-Nov-85 14:38:38 EST Article-I.D.: drutx.444 Posted: Mon Nov 4 14:38:38 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 5-Nov-85 09:28:52 EST Organization: AT&T Information Systems Laboratories, Denver Lines: 22 I'm sure I saw copies of "Adolescence of P-1" at the local Walden Books just the other day (in trade paperback). Ask your bookstore to check "Books in Print" again. There's always the used book stores. It shows up at Mile High Comics in Boulder quite often. Actually, the program learns to survive and grow without it's creator's help. It is originally just a simple learning program that likes to grab disk space. There is some kind of catastrophe. He thinks it is wiped out. It then comes back years later and says "Hi" to him. Seems that the various bad things that happen to it teach it to grow and live--it has been essentially mutated. I always thought that was the best part of the book--that it was a sort of natural selection that produced it--and not just superior programming. -- Sue Brezden ihnp4!drutx!slb ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I march to the beat of a different drummer, whose identity, location, and musical ability are as yet unknown. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~