Re: computer-go: Engineering (was: Most simple Go rules)

[Robert Jasiek <jasiek@xxxxxxxx>]

Mark Boon wrote:
> If you read my messages properly it is
> entirely about having the option to play it out or not.

I see, thanks, this has not been clear to me since Japenese rules
are without any such option. So IIUYC now, then you say that
Japanese rules are simple because of not having any such option?

> It is you who
> proposes a system where there's no such option.

This is my personal preference in contrast to what I suggest
as a compromise.

> As for the nitpicking: human communication is full of imperfections. If
> someone makes an error but is otherwise completely understood with respect
> to the discussion and
> you still find it necessary to correct him, then I call that nitpicking. And
> then I'm being extremely diplomatic.

You wonder why I do find it necessary? I made the mistake of
choosing a terrible wording for a basic ko rule several times.
It is something that is easily done and easily overlooked. If
one is careless in such matters, then one is confronted with
more problems than one has hoped for;)

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robert jasiek