From 0e1229569ab035d42708e76822db0641bde82f2c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aryadev Chavali <aryadev@aryadevchavali.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2026 22:21:43 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] simulation: added TODO regarding choosing neighbours for p2

---
 src/simulation.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/simulation.c b/src/simulation.c
index ae4774a..c8921ae 100644
--- a/src/simulation.c
+++ b/src/simulation.c
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ void thread_pick(struct ThreadState *state)
     {
       continue;
     }
+    // TODO: Instead of picking a RANDOM p2, why not choose a neighbour of p1?
+    // This way programs that are likely to replicate are replicating closer to
+    // themselves, and thus have a higher chance of further replication.
     u64 p2 = rand() % (SIMULATION_SIZE / SIZEOF_PROGRAM);
     while (p1 * 8 <= ((p2 * 8) + SIZEOF_PROGRAM) &&
            p2 * 8 <= ((p1 * 8) + SIZEOF_PROGRAM))