Re: computer-go: Which Maths Is OT?

[Elmer Elevator <bobmer@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

About any mathematical topic, no matter how unfamiliar, I
always feel that it isn't possible for me to get to the Exit stupider than
I was at the Entrance. Consequently I love the very broad range of topics
discussed on computer-go. It keeps making me smarter, keeps introducing
me to mathematical ideas of which I was previously unaware or naive.

If I had a prejudice (and I do), it would be less about GUIs and communication formats for computer-go; much more for and about new mathematical ideas. Solving the essential problem of machine Go should be the On Topic; formats, protocols, etc., should be the Off Topic. Perhaps the GUI-format-protocol interested should be gently guided to a list of their own.

Bob Merkin
Elmer Elevator's Discount Prep
http://www.javanet.com/~bobmer/
 

Robert Jasiek wrote:

> Some members of this list, maybe also those who think
> that
> it is preferable to a general public newsgroup, like to
> discuss all maths because it might be the basics of CG
> tomorrow. Other members are only interested in ready
> applications and do not read any maths. Some maths like
> theoretical informatics is necessary even for programming,
> so some compromise should be found for off-topic maths.
> What does the majority think?
> --
> robert jasiek