Dmars – A modern Core Wars toolchain (dmars.drpz.xyz)

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Core Wars is a programming game from the 1980s that is close to my heart. So I wrote a modern parser and runtime for it, aiming for maximal compatibility with pMARS, the canonical implementation. It compiles to webassembly, and you can play with it in your browser.

Repo: https://github.com/drivasperez/dmars Interactive playground: https://dmars.drpz.xyz/playground

bediger4000 4d ago ↗

Has anyone run Mythos to get the absolute best "AI" Core Wars warrior?

holliplex 4d ago ↗

Actually, yes! Not Mythos, but a team did use LLMs with genetic algorithms to get a best-performing warrior: https://pub.sakana.ai/drq/

flir 2h ago ↗

It's a rock-paper-scissors deal, I seem to recall. All warriors are beatable.