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;Circular memory: As a consequence of the above and the lack of absolute addressing, the memory space (or ''core'') appears to the programs in it as a circle with no definite start or end. A process that encounters no invalid or jump instructions can continue executing successive instructions endlessly, eventually returning to the instruction where it started.

A number of variants of Redcode exist. The earliest versions described by [[A. K. Dewdney]] differ in many respects from the later standards established by the [[International Core War Society]], and could be considered a different, albeit related, language. The form of Redcode most commonly used today is based on a draft standard submitted to the ICWS in 1994 that was never formally accepted, as the ICWS had become effectively defunct around that time. Development of Redcode, however, has continued in an informal manner, chiefly via online forums such as the ''[newshttp://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.corewar/topics rec.games.corewar]'' [[newsgroup]].

== Earliest versions ==