Comment Comment by dvgrn > There has been no true replicator found yet in Life as far as I know...Actually more than one true replicator has been constructed. The 0E0P metacellhttps://conwaylife.com/wiki/0E0P_metacellcan be programmed to self-replicate in any number of ways, but it's so big that it's very hard to simulate it through a full cycle. By contrast, Pavel Grankovskiy's "DOGun SaGaQR"https://conwaylife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?&p=138191#p13819...only has one pattern of replication, but it's much simpler than the 0E0P metacell and can easily be run through many cycles in Golly. parent dvgrn 11 months ago
Actually more than one true replicator has been constructed. The 0E0P metacell
https://conwaylife.com/wiki/0E0P_metacell
can be programmed to self-replicate in any number of ways, but it's so big that it's very hard to simulate it through a full cycle. By contrast, Pavel Grankovskiy's "DOGun SaGaQR"
https://conwaylife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?&p=138191#p13819...
only has one pattern of replication, but it's much simpler than the 0E0P metacell and can easily be run through many cycles in Golly.