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The ref values!
Greven:
yes DB is a program to mimic life, or so I think. But because we also have a "game" within DB it will be hard to code other ways for the ref value etc., without letting it be to difficult for the Game-programmers to find they optimal "killing"-bots strategy.
Greven:
In analogy with reality, the memory locations are somekinda internal parameters - like how much enzym there is in a particular cell for a particular enzym. At least to my knowlegde there are no bacteria that can detect the components of another bacteria, and I dont think we should stick with the definition that bots in DB is like bacteria in reality. Because of the strictness of the DNA structure and all trillion commands ther exists, it is very unlikely, within reasonable time, to get any good evolution going, (I know it is a little out of topic here) but I think we need to reduce the number of commands (like a million different ref commands), and do something about the numbers, so we dont get 5000 .up store... They are no point that a simple and UN-complicated bot, get a reftieblablablabla in it genome (to strange for my taste)
Zelos:
persinaly I think we should remove as many artificial commands and replace it with biological replacements. Its more alife. But some is not possible to remove.
Numsgil:
I think alot of tref variables especially can be done better. Problem is backwards compatibility.
In the end it doesn't matter too much. The point is that the bots adapt to a ruleset, not wether that ruleset has a conterpart in real life.
PurpleYouko:
It really doesn't matter at all whether DBs are mechanical life or organic life. The point of the program is that we want to make them able to adapt to their surroundings by whatever means necessary.
What we have are bots that don't really reflect anything. They are uniquely suited for their own environment (a computer) and can be thought of as a completely novel life form. We have no real need to make them conform to anything.
If we want to make robots that totally mimic real life then we will need to start over completely and write the DNA exactly like real DNA. Not likely to happen in DB as that would be a major shift in the direction of the program.
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