Conway's Game of Life in Python with tput

CGoL_tput.py

from random import randint
from copy import deepcopy
from os import system

a, b = 80, 24; x, y, n = range(a), range(b), [-1,0,1]
c  = [[randint(0,1) for _ in x] for _ in y]; g = deepcopy(c)

while True:
  t = ''.join([''.join(['*' if c[j][i] else ' ' for i in x])+'\n' for j in y])
  system('tput cup 18 0'); print(t, end='')
  for j in y:
    for i in x:
      t = [0 if (k,l) == (0,0) else c[(j+l)%b][(i+k)%a] for k in n for l in n]
      t = sum(t)
      g[j][i] = (1 if t in [2,3] else 0) if c[j][i] else (1 if t == 3 else 0)
  c = deepcopy(g)