legacyGoL.cs

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;

namespace ConsoleApplication1
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            var currentState = new bool[10,10];
            var futureState = new bool[10,10];

            currentState[0, 0] = true;
            currentState[0, 1] = true;
            currentState[1, 0] = true;
            currentState[1, 1] = true;
            currentState[2, 2] = true;
            currentState[2, 3] = true;
            currentState[3, 2] = true;
            currentState[3, 3] = true;

            while(true)
            {
                for (int x = 0; x < 10; x++)
                {
                    for (int y = 0; y < 10; y++)
                    {
                        int count = 0;
                        for (int dx = -1; dx < 2; dx++)
                        {
                            for (int dy = -1; dy < 2; dy++)
                            {
                                if (dx == 0 && dy == 0)
                                {
                                    continue;
                                }
                                try
                                {
                                    if(currentState[x+dx,y+dy])
                                    {
                                        count = count + 1;
                                    }
                                }
                                catch
                                {
                                }
                            }
                        }
                        if (currentState[x,y])
                        {
                            if (count < 2)
                            {
                                futureState[x, y] = false;
                            }
                            else if (count > 3)
                            {
                                futureState[x, y] = false;
                            }
                            else
                            {
                                futureState[x, y] = true;
                            }
                        }
                        else
                        {
                            if (count == 3)
                            {
                                futureState[x, y] = true;
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }

                for (int x = 0; x < 10; x++)
                {
                    for (int y = 0; y < 10; y++)
                    {
                        Console.Write(futureState[x, y] ? '*' : ' ');
                    }
                    Console.WriteLine();
                }


                for (int x = 0; x < 10; x++)
                {
                    for (int y = 0; y < 10; y++)
                    {
                        currentState[x, y] = futureState[x, y];
                    }
                }
                
                for (int x = 0; x < 10; x++)
                {
                    for (int y = 0; y < 10; y++)
                    {
                        futureState[x, y] = false;
                    }
                }


                Console.Read();
            }
        }
    }
}