If you are using the Internet Explorer 3.01 or Netscape 2.0 browsers you can see Conway's game of Life running in the Ada 95/Java applet above. The Microsoft Virtual Machine for Java is available with the Internet Explorer 3.01 which can be installed via the browser selection page in the ObjectAda for Windows installation wizard. There is an option to install the JavaSoft Java Development Kit at the end of the ObjectAda for Windows installation wizard.
You can click in the applet to stop it, and click again to start with a new,
random colony.
Here is the source.
This Ada 95 version of Conway's game of Life was translated from a Java version by Tucker Taft. Tucker works for Intermetrics, and is working with Vince Del Vecchio on their Ada 95 => Java byte code "AdaMagic(tm)" compiler.
This original Java version of this applet was written by Joshua J. Marketos (aj784@osfn.rhilinet.gov or bjepson@conan.ids.net). According to Josh, former axeman for the late great Schwa, he is currently working on a double secret rock and roll project that promises to deliver some more of that kicking rock and roll sound.
P.S. For the Life aficionados out there, you might notice that this version of Life is a little different. It adds another rule; if an empty cell has exactly 7 neighbors, then it comes to life in the next generation. This in addition to the usual 3-neighbors rule of Conway's game.
Click here for the full rules of Conway's game of Life.