i forgot a query language. something like postgre or mysql
On Feb 9, 7:37 am, "azrael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i hope you know that for this task, if you want it to be successfull, > you need a really big database. it sounds very simple to this. it > sounds like go through all possible permutations. before you start > writing any code take a pencil and a big paper and do some maths. i > sugesst you read and practise this for about a year about data > structures, algorithms and graph theory (just for the begining). Then > take a look on data mining and then incpect the era model so you can > design a good database. > Tic Tac Toe is a much easier problem and there are a lot of possible > different games (9*8*7*6*5*4*3*2*1=362 880 i dont consider the > rotations). > > it's true that you learn best by solving a problem, but if stoped on > basic on higjschool, then you will need a lot of time to solve this > problem. If you remember basic than you should learn python according > to basic's possibillities in maximum a month. depending on talent and > spare time. > > i sugesst you take some a "a little bit" easier problem to learn > python. > > For this speciffic problem it shold be good to learn on other games. I > started about 7 years ago on tic tac toe and then with reversi. > > You are from USA? I come from a differtent continent so i don't know > what you learn in schools. But if you didn't learn it, take a look on > statistics. very usefull. you should at least know what specific terms > mean althought python has them in the numpy module. > > don't be afraid of all that i said. keep learning and it will pay off. > at the end when you crack the poker machine :-) > that's the life of a geek. learn , learn, learn and one day comes the > jackpot. > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > and no, I am not a junkee, I'm addicted to Python -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list