>> 10 years later, three young genouses, H. Douglas McIlroy, Victor
>> Vysottsky and Robert Morris, was seated at the super-machines of the
>> time at AT&T's Bell Labs. They understood Neumanns theories, and they
>> arranged "Core Wars", pure cock-fights between their programs.
> Just to add on here. I don't think that core war programs are real
> viruses.
Well, the only info I have about Core Wars is our IT book at school. Of
course, it may be wrong, but I considered a fact for some time.. :-/
Well, let's say EOD, as it's not really interesting to debate - it would
just fill this echo up with unnecesarry info.. ;>
> Btw, the game of Core Wars actually ended when Robert Morris created a
> program that the other guys in the groups just couldn't beat at all. Just
> an interesting note of trivia.
Thanks, interesting trivia! :>
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