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I have to write a program that will continuously print the game of life generations. How would I do it technically? I'm new at this and the only thing I came up with is \d. Is \d the expert programmer way?

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This if you're looking for something easy.
ANSI terminal escape sequences^[1] if you're looking for something hackish.

For Windows, you'd have to use that console shit^[2]. Enjoy your AIDS.

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_{[1] - http://www.termsys.demon.co.uk/vtansi.htm#erase
[2] - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms682073(VS.85).aspx}