X-Git-Url: https://thelambdalab.xyz/gitweb/index.cgi?p=jars.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=7b62697e31362440bd5eb769792a2c1623a03011;hp=504a7a1e21a66951d06cab9b25430da12a6ac9e7;hb=3658516d8dd5cea71cac2a7637f5470b5b87b228;hpb=0b02517005a96b9b17febc867f16983b0da1d79c diff --git a/README b/README index 504a7a1..7b62697 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,15 +1,16 @@ JaRS: Janky Redcode Simulator ============================= -A hobby implementation of the Memory Array Redcode Simulator (MARS) and -associated tools for the programming game Corewar designed by A. K. Dewdney -(see http://corewar.co.uk/dewdney for copies of the 1984 Scientific American -columns where the idea was first presented). +A hobby implementation of the Memory Array Redcode Simulator (MARS) +and associated tools for the programming game Corewar. 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. @@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ Further Details --------------- JaRS follows version 3.3 of the Proposed 1994 Core War Standard. -(A copy is here: gopher://thelambdalab.xyz/documents/icws94.txt.) +(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 @@ -34,4 +35,4 @@ License 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. \ No newline at end of file +the file named COPYING.