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1 files changed, 19 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/swift/life/Sources/main.swift b/swift/life/Sources/main.swift
index b27bcba..3b9f74a 100644
--- a/swift/life/Sources/main.swift
+++ b/swift/life/Sources/main.swift
@@ -13,27 +13,45 @@ func printBoard(_ board: [[Int]]) {
     print("\n")
 }
 
+// are these comments enough for a blog post?
 func countLiveNeighbors(_ board: [[Int]], x: Int, y: Int) -> Int {
+    // All of the possible directions to check for live neighbors
     let directions = [(-1, -1), (-1, 0), (-1, 1), (0, -1), (0, 1), (1, -1), (1, 0), (1, 1)]
+    
+    // Iterate over the directions and count live neighbors
     return directions.reduce(0) { count, dir in
+        // Calculate the coordinates of the neighbor cell
         let newX = x + dir.0
         let newY = y + dir.1
+        
+        // Check if the neighbor cell is within the bounds of the board
         if newX >= 0 && newX < rows && newY >= 0 && newY < cols {
+            // If the neighbor cell is within bounds, add its value to the count
             return count + board[newX][newY]
         }
+        
+        // If the neighbor cell is out of bounds, ignore it and continue with the next direction
         return count
     }
 }
 
 func nextGeneration(_ currentBoard: [[Int]]) -> [[Int]] {
+    // Iterate over each cell in the current board
     return currentBoard.enumerated().map { (x, row) in
         return row.enumerated().map { (y, cell) in
+            // Count the number of live neighbors for the current cell
             let liveNeighbors = countLiveNeighbors(currentBoard, x: x, y: y)
+            
+            // Determine the next state of the cell
             if cell == 1 && (liveNeighbors < 2 || liveNeighbors > 3) {
+                // Determine death
                 return 0
             } else if cell == 0 && liveNeighbors == 3 {
+                // Determine life
                 return 1
             }
+            
+            // Do nothing
             return cell
         }
     }
@@ -86,4 +104,4 @@ rpentomino[3][5] = 1
 rpentomino[4][3] = 1
 rpentomino[4][4] = 1
 rpentomino[5][4] = 1
-simulate(board: rpentomino, generations: 100)
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+simulate(board: rpentomino, generations: 22)
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