Re: computer-go: prevent cheating

[Nick Wedd <Nick@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sai To Wang <swang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
>> Dave Dyer wrote:
>> That would require that the execution of the programs be 
>> deterministic.  
>> Any program with realistic time management would not be.
>> 
>
>You canīt make a program in a deterministical environment comport
>ramdomly.

He didn't say that it would be random, or even pseudorandom.  Just that
it would not be deterministic.  There is a large middle ground.

For example, a program might make one move if it has 2579 seconds left
on its clock, but a different move if it has only 2578.9 seconds left.
A referee might have great difficulty in reproducing this.

Nick 
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