ZenScript/ScriptingExample/scripts/Cell.zs

public class Cell {

    public var alive as bool;
    private var row as usize;
    private var column as usize;

    public this(row as usize, column as usize) {
        this(row, column, false);
    }

    public this(row as usize, column as usize, alive as bool) {
            this.row = row;
            this.column = column;
            this.alive = alive;
    }

    public getCellNextTick(currentGrid as ConwayGrid) as Cell {
        //+2 because upperbound exclusive
        var range = currentGrid[(row - 1) .. (row + 2), (column - 1) .. (column + 2)];
        var aliveCellsIn3x3Grid = range.filter(element => element.alive).length;


        if(!alive) {
            return new Cell(row, column, aliveCellsIn3x3Grid == 3);
        }

        //2. Any live cell with two or three live neighbours lives on to the next generation.
        return new Cell(row, column, aliveCellsIn3x3Grid == 3 || aliveCellsIn3x3Grid == 4);
    }
}