Langton's Ant Calc: TI-83/TI-83 Plus Shell: ION Size: 230/235 Author: Dan Englender (TCPA) How: Run the program. The virtual ants will go running around the screen. Press an arrow key to quit. What: Langton's Ant is a simple algorithm created by Chris Langton. The ants (there are two of them in this program) run about based on these rules: --- Each ant moves in the direction it is facing (left, right, up, or down) --- The ant reverses the color of the point it is currently standing on --- If the point is now black, it turns 90 degrees to the right --- If it is white, it turns 90 degrees to the left That is the extent of the algorithm. The interesting part is every once in a while the ants will build a sort of highway. Also, sometimes the two ants will reverse themselves. Every time the program is run, the ants start in random positions, so you get a different picture to look at.