Computer simulated evolution?

[Andrew Rodin]

Karsten Jensen wrote:
> 
> I have seen and read about various computer programs for simulating
> evulution. The latest I saw looked very interesting... 

> The result, after some generations, would be some more or less
> bizarre-looking, moving creatures which could move (or in another
> version of the program, swim) about in a way that no engineer would
> have thought of.
> 
> I'd like to know if anybody knows where to get a copy of this or a
> similar program for the PC.

Try CMU Artificial Intelligence Repository (areas/alife/systems) at

http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/project/ai-repository/ai/areas/alife/systems/
0.html

They have links to all kinds of simulated evolution systems, including 
Conway's Game of Life derivatives, bugs, darwin, psoup, tierra, etc.

-Andrew