JaRS: Janky Redcode Simulator
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-A hobby implementation of the Memory Array Redcode Simulator (MARS) and
-associated tools for the programming game Corewar.
+A hobby implementation of the Memory Array Redcode Simulator (MARS)
+and associated tools for the programming game, Core War. The original
+concept for this game was developed by A. K. Dewdney (see
+http://corewar.co.uk/dewdney for copies of the 1984 Scientific
+American columns where the idea was first presented).
-At this pont, the JaRS contains a collection of utilities for:
+At this pont, JaRS contains utilities for:
- Running redcode programs (warriors) specified in the "load file"
format of the 1994 draft of the core war standard,
-- Visualizing the progress of battles graphically using Tk,
+- Visualizing the progress of battles graphically using Tk, and
- Maintaining King of the Hill style tournaments in the spirit of
http://www.koth.org.
+JaRS is still under development, and many aspects have not been fully
+tested. Use at your own risk!
+
+Further Details
+---------------
+
+JaRS follows version 3.3 of the Proposed 1994 Core War Standard.
+(A copy is here: gopher://thelambdalab.xyz/0/docs/icws94.txt.)
+
+Currently the parser only handles the redcode programs expressed in
+the simple "load file" format described by the standard. All possible
+core war programs can be expressed in this format, but it lacks some
+niceties such as labeled addresses. That is, it accepts the redcode
+equivalent of machine code but lacks an assembler.
+
+Furthermore the simulator itself lacks support for p-space, a private
+memory area reserved for each program in some later revisions of the
+standard.
+
License
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JaRS is free software, and is distributed under the terms of version 3
of the GNU General Public License. A copy of this license can be found in
-the file named COPYING.
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+the file named COPYING.
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