Article 690 of rec.games.corewar:
From: Scott_-_Nelson@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: rec.games.corewar
Subject: warriors
Message-ID: <56723@cup.portal.com>
Date: Wed,  1 Apr 92 01:28:32 PST
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
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    Yet another warrior from my collection, Scissors 88.
Scissors 88 is the first slaver-type program I wrote which uses 
the 'double add' strategy (which only became possible under the '88 
standards)  Scissors 88 made it to the top of the hill, but was quickly 
pushed off.
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;redcode
;name scissors88
;author Scott Nelson
;strategy  capture the enemy and put him to work.
 
;
;main code loop
;
loop	add	s,	ptr	;double add makes ptr both jump and point
	mov	ptr,	@ptr	;move the jmp to the right place
	jmp	loop		;Tiny, isn't it?
ptr	jmp	pit
s	dat	#5084,	#-5084
;
;Slave pit
; 
wptr	dat	#loop
p	dat	#1
	jmp	pit
pit	mov	p,	<wptr	;enemy falls in here
	spl	pit		;SPL's to slow him down
	mov	p,	<wptr	;eventually this will kill itself
	jmp	pit		;Gee, the pit is bigger than the main code!
;
	end	loop
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   It is worth examining the main code carefully, since the same basic
structure is used in scissors 2, and scissors 3.1


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From: "Gaurav Vaish" <gRvEaMiOsVhE@iitk.ac.in>
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Hello,
    I am totally new to this wonderful exciting community.
    I have downloaded the pMars, but I don't any logic as to how to write
program.
    How is a program decided? Are there any rules that change for each game, or
do they remain the same -- kill the execution of the opponent program at every
cost.
    How do I go starting it?

    Going through the archives, the first program that I went through dates back
to '92 (included below). The comments read things like "enemy falls in here"
etc. How do I come to know about it?
    The memory - how does the distribution happen? Is "0" the location for my
first line of the code? I am totally lost.

--

Cheers,
Gaurav Vaish
http://mastergaurav.virtualave.net
http://calendar.yahoo.com/mastergaurav
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----- cut -----
;redcode
;name scissors88
;author Scott Nelson
;strategy  capture the enemy and put him to work.

;
;main code loop
;
loop	add	s,	ptr	;double add makes ptr both jump and point
	mov	ptr,	@ptr	;move the jmp to the right place
	jmp	loop		;Tiny, isn't it?
ptr	jmp	pit
s	dat	#5084,	#-5084
;
;Slave pit
;
wptr	dat	#loop
p	dat	#1
	jmp	pit
pit	mov	p,	<wptr	;enemy falls in here
	spl	pit		;SPL's to slow him down
	mov	p,	<wptr	;eventually this will kill itself
	jmp	pit		;Gee, the pit is bigger than the main code!
;
	end	loop
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