Very long snake

	Very long snake
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Pattern type	Strict still life
Number of cells	8
Bounding box	6×4
Frequency class	20.0
Discovered by	Unknown
Year of discovery	Unknown
Rules
Outer-totalistic rules	B/S23 – B35678/S012345678
Important rules	Conway Life, HighLife
# of rules	212 = 4096
Isotropic rules	B/S2aen3n – B2ikn34-r5678/S012345678
Glider synthesis
Fewest gliders	4
Catagolue-generated RLE	verylongsnake_synth.rle
Uploaded synthesis RLE	verylongsnake_synth.rle
Pattern files
Plaintext	verylongsnake.cells
RLE	verylongsnake.rle
Identifiers
apgcode	xs8_31248c
Pentadecathlon ID	8.3

Very long snake is an 8-cell still life and is the long long version of the snake which can be used as a one time reflector.

Commonness

Very long snake is the sixtieth most common still life in Achim Flammenkamp's census, being less common than cis-block on long hook but more common than integral with tub.[1] It is also the seventy-second most common object on Adam P. Goucher's Catagolue.[2]

gollark: FEAR it.

gollark: https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/549759333014044673/866758606477066290/Tumblr_l_142281088564992.png

gollark: It's frozen water. Using it requires a lot of energy because something something high specific heat capacity.

gollark: Yes, otherwise it probably wouldn't be ice (unless it was under high pressure or something).

gollark: Why are they doing that? It isn't very nutritious.

Achim Flammenkamp (September 7, 2004). "Most seen natural occurring ash objects in Game of Life". Retrieved on January 15, 2009.
Adam P. Goucher. "Statistics". Catagolue. Retrieved on June 24, 2016.

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