Conway's game of life [faster version]

[patrice]

Yet another version in first post
Version is 2.4
New board is now 120x160
Improvement is done for big sets
try sets 5 (Acorn),6 (Acorn vertical) and 7 (Snark Glider Reflector Loop)

Mean time per generation with set 1 and set 7
\begin{array}{|c|c|c|c|}
\hline Version & Play Field & Set 1 & Set 7 \\\hline
1.0 & 80x80 & 5226ms & \\\hline
1.1 & 80x80 & 2184ms & \\\hline
1.2 & 80x80 & 763ms & \\\hline
2.0 & 80x80 & 324ms & 493ms \\\hline
2.2 & 80x80 & 418ms & 583ms \\\hline
2.3 & 120x100 & 432ms & 589ms \\\hline
2.4 & 120x160 & 399ms & 211ms \\\hline
\end{array}