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This implementation is also explained [[John Scholes' Conway's Game of Life|in its own article]]. | This implementation is also explained [[John Scholes' Conway's Game of Life|in its own article]]. | ||
The Game of Life is often credited with introducing programmers to APL: [[Aaron Hsu]]<ref>[[Aaron Hsu]]. [https://www.dyalog.com/50-years-of-apl/recollections.htm#AH Dyalog - Recollections (section)]</ref> and [[Jay Foad]]<ref>[[Jay Foad]]. [https://www.dyalog.com/blog/2016/02/a-message-from-the-cto/ "A message from the CTO"].</ref> state that Scholes' video was their first introduction to APL, and Scholes himself says he became intrigued with the language in 1971 after hearing that a new language would allow the [[wikipedia:Xerox Sigma 9|Xerox Sigma 9]] to implement the Game of Life in a single line.<ref>[[John Scholes]]. [https://www.dyalog.com/50-years-of-apl/recollections.htm#JS Dyalog - Recollections (section)]</ref><ref>Stephen Taylor. [http://archive.vector.org.uk/art10013790 "How we got here"]. [[Vector journal]] Volume 23 special supplement "Dyalog at 25". 2008-09.</ref> | |||
== Historical implementations == | == Historical implementations == | ||