Re: [gnugo-devel] score.c

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> Fine with me. 

OK.

>                 The only advantage the Bouzy algorithm has over an
> influence function based one is speed but in practice it tends to be
> insignificant compared to other computations, e.g. the owl reading.

The speed advantage could be significant in a different engine
model. I believe that (unlike current GNU Go) a very strong
engine would have to score board positions deeper than the top
ply and in this case speed would be important.

> Actually I'd like to keep the score.c file around. I have some
> experimental code to very quickly guess the score of a finished game
> that would make more sense in score.c than anywhere else. Also the
> finish_and_score_game() function in play_gtp.c would fit better in
> score.c.

I would prefer to keep the bouzy algorithm in score.c (and not 
remove the file) even if it is no longer called by the engine.

Dan