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Darwin (programming game)
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<p>Darwin was a <a href="/facts/Programming_game/6z1Bwlon">programming game</a> invented in August 1961 by <a href="/facts/Victor_A._Vyssotsky/Jya2NEeq">Victor A. Vyssotsky</a>, <a href="/facts/Robert_Morris_Sr./3L0QovBu">Robert Morris Sr.</a>, and <a href="/facts/M._Douglas_McIlroy/6WowR6Lr">M. Douglas McIlroy</a>. (<a href="/facts/Dennis_Ritchie/I1yu1UWU">Dennis Ritchie</a> is sometimes incorrectly cited as a co-author, but was not involved.) The game was developed at <a href="/facts/Bell_Labs/fKP5Gk0H">Bell Labs</a>, and played on an <a href="/facts/IBM_7090/RpY2uI1k">IBM 7090</a> mainframe there. The game was only played for a few weeks before Morris developed an "ultimate" program that eventually brought the game to an end, as no-one managed to produce anything that could defeat it. </p>