xwator

Calculate and graphically display generations of fish and sharks

Authored and Contributed by

Ronald Joe Record and Brian Chapman

Restrictions

Availability

The mathrec source code is freely redistributable. The authors maintain binary distributions for Caldera OpenLinux 3.1, OpenServer, UnixWare 7 and Open UNIX 8. These distributions and the source code are available via:

Binary Distributions

OpenLinux/Open UNIX ftp://ftp2.sco.com/pub/.../RPMS/mathrec-1.1c-1col.i586.rpm (no longer available)

UnixWare 7 ftp://ftp2.sco.com/pub/skunkware/uw7/Packages/mathrec-1.1b.pkg

OpenServer ftp://ftp2.sco.com/pub/skunkware/osr5/vols/mathrec-1.1c-VOLS.tar

Binary Distributions
OpenLinux/Open UNIX	ftp://ftp2.sco.com/pub/.../RPMS/mathrec-1.1c-1col.i586.rpm (no longer available)
UnixWare 7	ftp://ftp2.sco.com/pub/skunkware/uw7/Packages/mathrec-1.1b.pkg
OpenServer	ftp://ftp2.sco.com/pub/skunkware/osr5/vols/mathrec-1.1c-VOLS.tar

Source Code Distributions

Source RPM ftp://ftp2.sco.com/pub/.../SRPMS/mathrec-1.1c-1col.src.rpm (no longer available)

Gzip'd tar archive ftp://ftp2.sco.com/pub/skunkware/src/x11/misc/mathrec-1.1c.tar.gz

Description

Source Code Distributions
Source RPM	ftp://ftp2.sco.com/pub/.../SRPMS/mathrec-1.1c-1col.src.rpm (no longer available)
Gzip'd tar archive	ftp://ftp2.sco.com/pub/skunkware/src/x11/misc/mathrec-1.1c.tar.gz

Xwator is a simulation of sharks and fish with the fish "swimming" around and the sharks "eating" the fish. We added some rules to simulate evolution amongst both the sharks and the fish.

Build

To build with the Imakefile, first type "xmkmf" or "imake -DUseInstalled -I/usr/lib/X11/config" if your system doesn't have xmkmf. Then just type "make" and the xwator binary will be built.

The manual pages can be formatted by typing "nroff -man xwator.man > xwator.1"

Install

To install xwator, simply run "make install ; make install.man" as root.

Usage

xwator [-CEPe] [-R res] [-w width] [-h height]
	[-M SHARK_MUTATE] [-S SHARK_SPAWN] [-T SHARK_STARVE]
	[-m FISH_MUTATE] [-s FISH_SPAWN] [-t FISH_CRUSH]
	Where :
	'-C' indicates display population curves
	'-E' indicates use full screen
	'-P' indicates suppress population return maps
	'-c' indicates continue computing
	'-e' indicates erase screen every PPL generations
	Defaults :
	width=100 height=80
	SHARK_SPAWN=10 SHARK_MUTATE=400 SHARK_STARVE=2
	FISH_SPAWN=7 FISH_MUTATE=400 FISH_CRUSH=500

Safety

I have used these for years without harm.

Work Planned

None

Documentation

manual pages.

Feedback

Ideas, comments, additions, deletions, suggestions, bug reports, code review,... e-mail Ronald Record at rr@ronrecord.com