RE: computer-go: reading vs statical eval

[Tim Klinger <klinger@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm quite sure that handtalk does some tactical reading.  Besides, regardless of its rank among programs it doesn't play go well.

Tim
-----Original Message-----
From:	sorin gherman [SMTP:s_gherman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent:	Friday, June 09, 2000 9:53 AM
To:	computer-go@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject:	computer-go: reading vs statical eval

>Is there any good argument why go programs "have to" be based on reading, 
>or
>is it "just" that the most successfull ones have been so far?

   As far as I know, one of the strongest computer Go programs, Handtalk, is 
not based on read-ahead but just on statical evaluation.

Sorin Gherman

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