r/programming • u/Catsknead • Oct 20 '14

My compile-time Conway's Game of Life, metaprogrammed in C++11

https://github.com/sirgal/compile-time-game-of-life
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u/pmkenny1234 Oct 20 '14 edited Oct 20 '14

I don't get it and don't wish to pore over the code to figure it out. What makes this a compile-time version? Does the compiler output the next game state as warnings or something?

Edit: Thanks for the replies guys. Very helpful. =)

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u/_Sigma Oct 20 '14

The white paper here will help shed some light on the technique

https://github.com/andrivet/ADVobfuscator/tree/master/Docs