Re: [computer-go] SGC

["Frank de Groot" <frank@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

[Re: Which programming language best suitable for computer Go]

I think the language should be fast, because I think that sometimes you need 
to do experiments or extract data that would take too long otherwise.

I have 2 topics with concrete examples about it here:

http://www.moyogo.com/blogger/blog.html

At least when doing data-mining, you really need the highest speed 
available.
Even with highly optimized C/C++/Pascal/Assembly, Go-specific data-mining 
takes hours, days, weeks, months. If I would have a PC that was a million 
times faster or a thousand billion times faster, I could look at things 
like: "Is this pattern a ladder-breaker for a ladder that arises x moves in 
the future" etc.

The only limitation for this kind of stuff is the speed of the PC/language 
combination.

(IMO, it is better to calculate as much as you can in advance and use all 
the RAM you can claim, as opposed to doing everything while the user is 
playing.)

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