[M2] (golly 2.0)
#C catacryst -- a 58-cell quadratic growth pattern
#C
#C This was at one time the smallest pattern known pattern
#C with a faster-than-linear growth rate. It has since been
#C surpassed by "metacatacryst".
#C
#C You need to run this at least 41,000 generations to
#C see anything interesting happen.
#C Nick Gotts, 21 Apr 2000
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