I think suicide is insane myself. But I think the reason programs might use it is only for a speedup - it's faster with some implementations to allow suicide even though it makes the games longer.
Of course you are right about point B. If suicide is illegal in the actual game, there can be no point in allowing it in the play-outs. It's almost certainly wrong to allow it in the play-outs even if you are playing by suicide rules - a lot of work has gone into finding good moves in the play-outs and this would be one of the prime candidates for removal! - Don Jacques Basaldúa wrote: > Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: > > > Multi-stone suicide is allowed, single stone not. > > I hadn't even considered suicide.(It would be a major change for me, > as neither my Gui nor my board system allow such moves.) > > The question is Why do you do it? > > a. Just in case you wanted the entire program to support suicide go > > or > > b. Because that has some advantage as a random playout. > > If it was b, can anyone explain why suicide is a better evaluation for > a normal (non suicide) game. > > Jacques. > > > _______________________________________________ > 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/
