Use the following problems to test your skills at building simulations. Give each problem a try before you turn to the solutions and download the example programs.
Problems
82. Dawkins' weasel
Dawkins' weasel, also known as the weasel program, is a relatively simple text simulation that was intended to demonstrate how random variation and selection can lead to non-random results. The idea was inspired by the infinite monkey theorem, which states that a monkey typing randomly on a typewriter for an infinite amount of time will eventually reproduce all of the works of William Shakespeare. Thinking about that theorem, Richard Dawkins decided to write a simulation that would generate Hamlet's line, "Methinks...
