>It appears that the question of GC is not dependent on the problem >(eg. computer-Go) but on the language you use.
This really gets back to the core of the language question. The kind of language you choose depends in part on the kind of program you intend to write. If you're writing a monte carlo with the simplest and fastest possible structure, then manual memory management is probably also not a handicap. If you're writing a stateful evaluator with lots of caches, lazy evaluation and a sophisticated search strategy, it can be VERY difficult to keep track of when a particular bit of data is no longer needed, and lack of GC is a major handicap. _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
