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+Games of Life
+=============
+
+
+Description
+-----------
+I want to try several different approaches to implementing Conway's Game of
+Life. It shall be recorded in this repo.
+
+Each of the implementations (living in sequentially numbered directories) shall
+(eventually) have its own README file, documenting the approach taken.
+
+
+Summary
+-------
+* __ID:__ 001,
+  __Language:__ Erlang,
+  __Approach:__ Board as 1D list. Cells as [gen_server] processes
+* __ID:__ 002,
+  __Language:__ OCaml,
+  __Approach:__ Board as matrix via functional arrays (sort-of...)
+* __ID:__ 003,
+  __Language:__ Erlang,
+  __Approach:__ Board as matrix via [array()]
+* __ID:__ 004,
+  __Language:__ AWK,
+  __Approach:__ Board as 1D string. Ghosts beyond boundaries
+* __ID:__ 005,
+  __Language:__ AWK,
+  __Approach:__ Board as simulated 3D array
+
+
+[array()]: http://www.erlang.org/doc/man/array.html "Which is not actually an array, but an integer-keyed tree."
+[gen_server]: http://www.erlang.org/doc/man/gen_server.html