Alife toolkit for OS X

By at 8:01 am Monday, Jun 2

Avida, a graphic, open-source toolkit for experimenting with artificial life, looks fascinating. The research projects that it's sparked -- including self-modifying code -- are wild.
Avida is an auto-adaptive genetic system designed primarily for use as a platform in Digital or Artificial Life research. In lay terms, Avida is a digital world in which simple computer programs mutate and evolve.

Avida allows us to study questions and perform experiments in evolutionalry dynamics and theoretical biology that are intractable in real biological system.

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