Very long snake

	Very long snake
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Pattern type	Strict still life
Number of cells	8
Bounding box	6×4
Frequency class	20.0
Discovered by	Unknown
Year of discovery	Unknown
Rules
Outer-totalistic rules	B/S23 – B35678/S012345678
Important rules	Conway Life, HighLife
# of rules	212 = 4096
Isotropic rules	B/S2aen3n – B2ikn34-r5678/S012345678
Glider synthesis
Fewest gliders	4
Catagolue-generated RLE	verylongsnake_synth.rle
Uploaded synthesis RLE	verylongsnake_synth.rle
Pattern files
Plaintext	verylongsnake.cells
RLE	verylongsnake.rle
Identifiers
apgcode	xs8_31248c
Pentadecathlon ID	8.3

Very long snake is an 8-cell still life and is the long long version of the snake which can be used as a one time reflector.

Commonness

Very long snake is the sixtieth most common still life in Achim Flammenkamp's census, being less common than cis-block on long hook but more common than integral with tub.^[1] It is also the seventy-second most common object on Adam P. Goucher's Catagolue.^[2]

↑ Achim Flammenkamp (September 7, 2004). "Most seen natural occurring ash objects in Game of Life". Retrieved on January 15, 2009.
↑ Adam P. Goucher. "Statistics". Catagolue. Retrieved on June 24, 2016.