Re: [gnugo-devel] re: some question

[Marco Scheurer]

On Tuesday, March 19, 2002, at 10:50  am, zergling wrote:
> But there is a fact, handtalk, a small program, can beat most computer
> go programs. [...]

Is it true that Handtalk can still beat most computer go programs? As 
anyone matched Handtalk against a recent GNU Go?

Handtalk did not use search, only static evaluation, if I understand 
correctly [1]. Of its successors, Wulu, uses search and a larger pattern 
database [2], and Goemate "management of patterns and enlargement of 
knowledge" [3]. This may not be very different from the approach taken 
in GNU Go.

[1] Programming Technics in Handtalk  http://www.wulu.com/ht-techn.htm
[2] Programming Technics in Wulu http://www.wulu.com/wl-techn.htm
[3] Programming Technics in Goemate  http://www.wulu.com/gm-techn.htm

Marco Scheurer
Sen:te, Lausanne, Switzerland    http://www.sente.ch