  We provide a framework for experimentation at
https://mbuliga.github.io/quinegraphs/ic-vs-chem.html#icvschem with two
artificial chemistries: directed interaction combinators (dirIC, defined in
section 2) and chemlambda. We are interested if these chemistries allow for
artificial life behaviour: replication, metabolism and death.
  The main conclusion of these experiments is that graph rewrites systems which
allow conflicting rewrites are better than those which don't, as concerns their
artificial life properties. This is in contradiction with the search for good
graph rewrite systems for decentralized computing, where non-conflicting graph
rewrite systems are historically preferred.
  This continues the artificial chemistry experiments with chemlambda, lambda
calculus or interaction combinators, available from the entry page at
https://chemlambda.github.io/index.html and described in arXiv:2003.14332.
