Re: Interface advice

[bfelice@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (Bob Felice)]

On Fri, 6 Nov 1998 22:27:20 +0000, Nick wrote:

>I have been examining the entrants for the 1998 Ing Computer Goe
>Tournament, and have compiled a list of fairly obvious does and don'ts
>in designing Go program front ends.  It is at
>http://www.britgo.demon.co.uk/gopcres/padvice.html
>
>These are things which are obvious to experienced Go programmers, but
>seem to be worth saying for the sake of those new to the field.
>
>Nick

This may not be obvious even to experienced Go programmers, but it is
obvious to anyone who was watching the computer go competition at the
last U.S. Go Congress: make sure your program can accept a suicide move.


This is a legal move under Ing rules, but it is more than a theoretical
possibility: last August one of the programs lost a game because it
could not accept a suicide move generated by its opponent. 


-- bob felice