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Re: computer-go: Most simple Go rules



In message <20010626095216.A14365@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
John Tromp <tromp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes

>No, I don't want you to implement a dozen rulesets. I want programs to be
>able to adapt to the major choices:
>
>-counting chinese or japanese style
>-allowing or forbidding suicide
>
>and to a lesser extent the minor choices:
>
>-situational or positional superko
>-whether to score points in seki
>-how many passes end a game

My demands are much more modest.  I would like programs to:

  Support the Go Modem Protocol, reliably.
  Label the board, in the conventional orientation.
  Implement a clock, correctly.
  Save their game records in SGF or Ishi format.

So far I have had limited success in achieving this.

Nick
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Nick Wedd