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GPX/Abstractica: A Karl Sims Genetic Art Workalike

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This directory contains GPX/Abstractica, a Karl Sims Genetic Art workalike. Abstractica applies Genetic Programming, using your good taste as a fitness function, to the generation of abstract images. Two different versions of the software are included -- abs.tgz Normal executables. Try this one first. abs_stat.tgz Same as above, but linked with the -Bstatic option for portability to systems which have their sharable libraries installed funny. Try this one if the other doesn't work. Source code is not included because the authors do not have the rights to distribute some of the user-interface, image manipulation, and memory management routines.
Origin:   

   sfi.santafe.edu:/pub/Users/tackett/
   ftp.cc.utexas.edu
   as the files abs.tar.Z and abs.static.tar.Z

Version: 22-MAR-93 Requires: Sun SparcStation with 8-bit color. Copying: Free and unsupported. CD-ROM: Prime Time Freeware for AI, Issue 1-1 Author(s): Walter Alden Tackett Aviram Carmi Keywords: Authors!Carmi, Authors!Tackett, GPX/Abstractica, Genetic Algorithms, Genetic Art, Karl Sims References: Karl Sims, "Artificial Evolution for Computer Graphics," Computer Graphics (ACM), 25(4), July 1991.
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