allows display of a game of life on a console via
    resetting cursor position to a set point - looks 'ok'
    for testing but not production quality.

def print_there(x, y, text):
    """"
    allows display of a game of life on a console via
    resetting cursor position to a set point - looks 'ok'
    for testing but not production quality.
    """
    sys.stdout.write("\x1b7\x1b[%d;%df%s\x1b8" % (x, y, text))
    sys.stdout.flush()