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Hi everyone.
As far as I know, most existing computer go programs are coded
in C or C++. I hear that HandTalk is written in Assembler, bless its
soul. I seem to remember hearing of a program written in
LISP.
I have two questions for the members of this list.
1) What are the pluses and minuses of writing a go program in
various existing computer languages?
2) If one were to imagine a new language, invented solely for
the purpose of writing a great computer go system, what would its
characteristics likely be? (Or would there be multiple new languages, for
different parts of the problem?)
I am quite aware that coding in this language vs.
that cannot alter the underlying computational complexity of a
problem. But using different/new languages _can_ dramatically improve
the productivity of a programmer, both quantitatively, by providing more
efficient tools, and qualitatively, by changing the way he/she thinks about the
problem.
Simply put, assume we are going to invent a language for
writing go programs. What would that language be likely to look
like? (And, once we know that, what if any are the challenges in
writing a compiler for the language?).
Bob Myers
Intelligent Go
Foundation
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