> -----Original Message----- > From: Nick Wedd [mailto:nick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Tuesday, 26 June, 2001 16:18 > To: computer-go@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: computer-go: Most simple Go rules > I think this [Tom's]code assumes that the referee program and both > competitors > will all be running on the same PC. There are various snags > with this. It doesn't have to run on the same compuer. The player * could point to some proxy that talks to the player running on a different machine. In fact, not only it could but it should, for exactly the reasons Nick outlined. > I don't like > const MAXMOVES=500;// a draw will be declared after this many moves > This is not like anything in any published rule set. It does > not solve > any problem. It encourages unsporting behaviour. Still Nick, what would you do if the players would want to run forever. Current professional programs won't, but I may enter into a competition two programs that I wrote and they would tend to do that. How would you want to have it handled? Personally I'm neither for nor against the MAXMOVES=500, just looking for your oppinion. Adrian