On Mon, 2008-09-15 at 21:05 -0700, Ross Werner wrote: > Dave Dyer wrote: > >> Japanese: bad. > > > > I don't think this is the case at all. The Japanese rules > > are just a human optimization, to avoid having to make the > > last 100 meaningless moves, and still arrive at the correct > > score with a minimum of extraneous manipulation. > > > > The tortured details, while not elegant, rarely matter. > > Agreed. Japanese may be bad for computers, but I think it's one of the > best rulesets for humans.
It's all a matter of what you are used to. If there were no such thing as Japanese and it was suddenly introduced today, there would be an outrage. - Don > > ~ Ross > _______________________________________________ > computer-go mailing list > computer-go@computer-go.org > http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/ _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
