7×9 eater

7×9 eater
x = 18, y = 24, rule = B3/S23 bo$2bo$3o5$15bo$14bo$14b3o6$12bo3b2o$11bobo3bo$11b2o3bo$15bo$11b5obo$ 11bo4b2o$12b3o$14bob2o$15bobo! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ THUMBSIZE 3 ZOOM 21 HEIGHT 400 SUPPRESS ]] #C [[ THUMBNAIL THUMBSIZE 2 HEIGHT 480 GPS 8 ZOOM 16 LOOP 64 AUTOSTART ]]
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Pattern type	Eater
Number of cells	27
Bounding box	7 × 9
Discovered by	Unknown
Year of discovery	Unknown
Rules Outer-totalistic rules B/S23 – B378/S012345678 # of rules 210 = 1024
Pattern files RLE 7by9eater.rle
Identifiers apgcode xs27_j5ogilmzd586221 Pentadecathlon ID 27.33263

The 7×9 eater is a high-clearance eater 5 variant that can suppress passing gliders in tight spaces, such as on the inside corner of an R64 Herschel conduit. Like the eater 5 and sidesnagger, the 7×9 eater is able to eat gliders coming from two directions, though this ability is not commonly used.

External links

• 7×9 eater at the Life Lexicon

• 7×9 eater at Adam P. Goucher's Catagolue