`>Binary something people actually do.
>Turing machines not something you learn in second year CS.
>Game of life inexplicably on a programming list.
Who discovered this fact?Conway, probably. He's no slouch.
Why are some people so obsessed with the game of life?Which people? It's deep enough for obsessives to obsess over and it has that magic ingredient of complexity arising from simplicity that makes it a valid avenue of academic study in math and CS areas. If there's another group I'm not aware of it.