[racket] Physics/Genetic Algorithms

From: Jay McCarthy (jay.mccarthy at gmail.com)
Date: Thu May 19 12:14:40 EDT 2011

And here's a simple demo:

http://planet.racket-lang.org/package-source/jaymccarthy/pyramidstack.plt/1/0/gl-pyramidstack.ss

2011/5/19 Ben Thompson <ben.n.thompson at gmail.com>:
> Much thanks! I knew someone must have had a similar problem, I just didn't
> know where to look for the answer.
> Anywho, this should work wonderfully!
> Thanks,
> Ben
>
> On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 10:00 AM, Jay McCarthy <jay.mccarthy at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> It's diverged a bit from where Chipmunk is right now, but it's a
>> pretty straight-forward FFI, so you should be able to update it (and
>> if you do, I'll update the package.) The biggest problem with it is
>> that it doesn't "feel" like Racket when you use it because the
>> interface is so imperative. Nevertheless, I chose Chipmunk because I
>> found it the best tradeoff between simplicity and power.
>>
>> Jay
>>
>> 2011/5/19 Noel Welsh <noelwelsh at gmail.com>:
>> > If you haven't seen it yet, check out Jay's bindings to Chipmunk. It's
>> > on Planet:
>> >
>> >
>> >  http://planet.racket-lang.org/package-source/jaymccarthy/chipmunk.plt/1/0/planet-docs/chipmunk/index.html
>> >
>> > HTH,
>> > N.
>> >
>> > On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 2:13 PM, Ben Thompson <ben.n.thompson at gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> > ...
>> >> Obviously, this project requires a physics engine, and I was delighted
>> >> to
>> >> learn that Jay McCarthy
>> >> made one and uploaded it to PLaneT. Unfortunately, his engine is fairly
>> >> bare-bones, and doesn't handle
>> >> much beyond movement of bodies through open space. ...
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>> Jay McCarthy <jay at cs.byu.edu>
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>>
>> "The glory of God is Intelligence" - D&C 93
>
>



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Jay McCarthy <jay at cs.byu.edu>
Assistant Professor / Brigham Young University
http://faculty.cs.byu.edu/~jay

"The glory of God is Intelligence" - D&C 93



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