Re: computer-go: Example of Good Core Rules of Play for CG

[Don Dailey <drd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I would certainly think that entry to any event would make you want to
understand the rules.  In fact, wouldn't  this be your responsibility?
Especially if it might cause you to lose?

Do the Go programmers really need this MTV style of presentation where
everything is    pre-digested for them and    they probably won't even
remember that?

Don


   From: Nick Wedd <nick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

   In message <3B36FEBB.D88BD7DF@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Robert Jasiek <jasiek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
   writes
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   When an entrant to a CG event asks what the rules are, s/he does not
   want to have to read, and interpret, all this stuff.  S/he wants
   something short and easily understood, e.g.

       Chinese scoring
       no suicide
       6.5 komi
       Standard ko
       See URL........ for further details.

   Experience suggests that s/he will never actually read the URL.  Indeed,
   we'll be lucky if s/he remembers the four short lines.

   Nick
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   Nick Wedd