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

[Christian Nentwich <c.nentwich@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > White: These stones are dead <a5,a4,f5,g7>
> > Black: <assesses life&death> I wish to challenge
> > White: Accepted
> > Black: plays move
> > White: plays move
> > ....
> > Black: I give up
> > White: These stones are dead <a5,a4,f5,g7,new stones>
> > Black: <retrieves cached result> Agree
> >
> > Why is this difficult to implement?
> >
> > Christian
> It's not the protocol that is difficult to implement. It is the semantics of
> "dead".

That's the whole point. This protocol defines the semantics of dead. If
black can't demonstrate life, the stones are dead, no scope for arguing.

Christian