[Icfp04-discuss] Martial Arts Question

[hmaon at bumba.net]

The specification indicates in one place that 

"|If an ant ever finds itself adjacent to 5 (or 6) ants of the other
species, it dies"

However, in the formal simulator code given the only grid places that
are checked for dying ants are those that are adjacent to a grid place
that an ant has just moved.  What this means is that there could be a
configuration of ants that is not moving, and an ant of the other
species could wander into, be surrounded by five enemy ants, and not
die, because his place is never checked:

   . . . . . . . 
    . . . . . . .
   . . . x x . .
    . . x . x . .
   . . . . x . .
    . . o . . . .

    where o is moving northeast.  

    Thus o would find himself surrounded by five ants of the other
    species and live.  This is a contradiction.  Please disambiguate.



-- 
Greg and Dave