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Re: Another Domain?



David Mechner wrote:

>> I am trying to find or devise a simpler problem domain that does not
>> require as difficult a base but that exemplifies characteristics
>> similar to certain aspects of Go that I could use to experiment
>> and determine whether the idea has merit.

>The only problem is that I'm pretty certain this isn't going to be a
>domain independent algorithm - if it's useless in another domain it
>won't necessarily be useless in go, and if it works well in another
>domain, you still won't know whether it will work in go.

Yes, this is a possibility.   But I think if the problem is carefully chosen
it is a risk I would be willing to take.   Anyway, I'm sure I would learn
something regardless of its applicability.

Matt