Re: Joseki libraries (was: Re: computer-go: About Viking)

["Tristan Cazenave" <cazenave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> But is it not a potential problem with joseki that the program cannot
> follow up properly? Might it not often be better for the program to
> plod along its own sluggish simpleminded moves? Do you know
> what the joseki library does for your program in strength?

Joseki are good for strong programs, not for weak ones. My program has
no joseki, and it often plays the first bad move in a joseki like situation.
However, weak programs based on reflex patterns cannot handle well the
unusual situation and also play bad moves. So it is not a handicap against
them, but against Goemate or Many Faces, it surely is.

Tristan.