Langton's ant
define dirs = [[1,0], [0,-1], [-1,0], [0,1]]
define size = 100
enum |White, Black|
var plane = size.of { size.of (White) }
var (x, y) = ([size >> 1] * 2)...
var dir = dirs.len.irand
var moves = 0
loop {
(x >= 0) && (y >= 0) && (x < size) && (y < size) || break
given (plane[x][y]) {
when (White) { dir--; plane[x][y] = Black }
when (Black) { dir++; plane[x][y] = White }
}
++moves
[[\x, \y], dirs[dir %= dirs.len]].zip {|a,b| *a += b }
}
say "Out of bounds after #{moves} moves at (#{x}, #{y})"
plane.map{.map {|square| square == Black ? '#' : '.' }}.each{.join.say}
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