Task: Forest fire
Go: package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "math/rand"
    "strings"
)

const (
    rows = 20
    cols = 30
    p    = .01
    f    = .001
)

const rx = rows + 2
const cx = cols + 2

func main() {
    odd := make([]byte, rx*cx)
    even := make([]byte, rx*cx)
    for r := 1; r <= rows; r++ {
        for c := 1; c <= cols; c++ {
            if rand.Intn(2) == 1 {
                odd[r*cx+c] = 'T'
            }
        }
    }
    for {
        print(odd)
        step(even, odd)
        fmt.Scanln()

        print(even)
        step(odd, even)
        fmt.Scanln()
    }
}

func print(model []byte) {
    fmt.Println(strings.Repeat("__", cols))
    fmt.Println()
    for r := 1; r <= rows; r++ {
        for c := 1; c <= cols; c++ {
            if model[r*cx+c] == 0 {
                fmt.Print("  ")
            } else {
                fmt.Printf(" %c", model[r*cx+c])
            }
        }
        fmt.Println()
    }
}

func step(dst, src []byte) {
    for r := 1; r <= rows; r++ {
        for c := 1; c <= cols; c++ {
            x := r*cx + c
            dst[x] = src[x]
            switch dst[x] {
            case '#':
                
                dst[x] = 0
            case 'T':
                
                if src[x-cx-1]=='#'  || src[x-cx]=='#' || src[x-cx+1]=='#' ||
                    src[x-1] == '#'  ||                   src[x+1] == '#'  ||
                    src[x+cx-1]=='#' || src[x+cx]=='#' || src[x+cx+1] == '#' {
                    dst[x] = '#'

                    
                    
                } else if rand.Float64() < f {
                    dst[x] = '#'
                }
            default:
                
                if rand.Float64() < p {
                    dst[x] = 'T'
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

Java: import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.LinkedList;
import java.util.List;

public class Fire {
	private static final char BURNING = 'w'; 
	private static final char TREE = 'T';
	private static final char EMPTY = '.';
	private static final double F = 0.2;
	private static final double P = 0.4;
	private static final double TREE_PROB = 0.5;
	
	private static List<String> process(List<String> land){
		List<String> newLand = new LinkedList<String>();
		for(int i = 0; i < land.size(); i++){
			String rowAbove, thisRow = land.get(i), rowBelow;
			if(i == 0){
				rowAbove = null;
				rowBelow = land.get(i + 1);
			}else if(i == land.size() - 1){
				rowBelow = null;
				rowAbove = land.get(i - 1);
			}else{
				rowBelow = land.get(i + 1);
				rowAbove = land.get(i - 1);
			}
			newLand.add(processRows(rowAbove, thisRow, rowBelow));
		}
		return newLand;
	}

	private static String processRows(String rowAbove, String thisRow,
			String rowBelow){
		String newRow = "";
		for(int i = 0; i < thisRow.length();i++){
			switch(thisRow.charAt(i)){
			case BURNING:
				newRow+= EMPTY;
				break;
			case EMPTY:
				newRow+= Math.random() < P ? TREE : EMPTY;
				break;
			case TREE:
				String neighbors = "";
				if(i == 0){
					neighbors+= rowAbove == null ? "" : rowAbove.substring(i, i + 2);
					neighbors+= thisRow.charAt(i + 1);
					neighbors+= rowBelow == null ? "" : rowBelow.substring(i, i + 2);
					if(neighbors.contains(Character.toString(BURNING))){
						newRow+= BURNING;
						break;
					}
				}else if(i == thisRow.length() - 1){
					neighbors+= rowAbove == null ? "" : rowAbove.substring(i - 1, i + 1);
					neighbors+= thisRow.charAt(i - 1);
					neighbors+= rowBelow == null ? "" : rowBelow.substring(i - 1, i + 1);
					if(neighbors.contains(Character.toString(BURNING))){
						newRow+= BURNING;
						break;
					}
				}else{
					neighbors+= rowAbove == null ? "" : rowAbove.substring(i - 1, i + 2);
					neighbors+= thisRow.charAt(i + 1);
					neighbors+= thisRow.charAt(i - 1);
					neighbors+= rowBelow == null ? "" : rowBelow.substring(i - 1, i + 2);
					if(neighbors.contains(Character.toString(BURNING))){
						newRow+= BURNING;
						break;
					}
				}
				newRow+= Math.random() < F ? BURNING : TREE;
			}
		}
		return newRow;
	}
	
	public static List<String> populate(int width, int height){
		List<String> land = new LinkedList<String>();
		for(;height > 0; height--){
			StringBuilder line = new StringBuilder(width);
			for(int i = width; i > 0; i--){
				line.append((Math.random() < TREE_PROB) ? TREE : EMPTY);
			}
			land.add(line.toString());
		}
		return land;
	}
	
	
	public static void processN(List<String> land, int n){
		for(int i = 0;i < n; i++){
			land = process(land);
		}
	}
	
	
	public static void processNPrint(List<String> land, int n){
		for(int i = 0;i < n; i++){
			land = process(land);
			print(land);
		}
	}
	
	
	public static void print(List<String> land){
		for(String row: land){
			System.out.println(row);
		}
		System.out.println();
	}
	
	public static void main(String[] args){
		List<String> land = Arrays.asList(".TTT.T.T.TTTT.T",
				"T.T.T.TT..T.T..",
				"TT.TTTT...T.TT.",
				"TTT..TTTTT.T..T",
				".T.TTT....TT.TT",
				"...T..TTT.TT.T.",
				".TT.TT...TT..TT",
				".TT.T.T..T.T.T.",
				"..TTT.TT.T..T..",
				".T....T.....TTT",
				"T..TTT..T..T...",
				"TTT....TTTTTT.T",
				"......TwTTT...T",
				"..T....TTTTTTTT",
				".T.T.T....TT...");
		print(land);
		processNPrint(land, 10);
		
		System.out.println("Random land test:");
		
		land = populate(10, 10);
		print(land);
		processNPrint(land, 10);
	}
}