Life is Short – Game of Life in 203 chars of HTML/JavaScript

In plain words

Life is Short is a minimal implementation of Conway's Game of Life compressed into 203 characters of HTML and JavaScript code. The project demonstrates how the classic cellular automaton simulation can be created with extreme code constraints. It's for developers interested in code golf and anyone curious about how complex algorithms can be reduced to their smallest functional form. The tiny codebase showcases clever programming techniques while maintaining the core functionality of the Game of Life.

written from the facts on this page · September 2026

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