RE: [computer-go] Ing Challenge

2008-03-29 Thread Masahiro Okasaki
Hi, Mr. Fotland -Original Message- From:David Fotland Sent: Friday, March 28, 2008 7:40 AM To: 'computer-go' Subject: RE: [computer-go] Ing Challenge >The Ing prize stopped when Mr Ing died. He was very interested in computer >go. His foundation still funds many go tournaments, but none

Re: [computer-go] State of the art of pattern matching

2008-03-29 Thread Jacques BasaldĂșa
Mark Boon wrote: > I suppose there's no reason why it has to be assembler, > you could just as well generate C-code. I don't think so. But I don't write that much asm as it may appear. I see what the compiler writes when I debug and write critical parts only. And automatically generated code.

RE: [computer-go] Ing Challenge

2008-03-29 Thread terry mcintyre
--- Masahiro Okasaki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, Mr. Fotland > > -Original Message- > From:David Fotland > Sent: Friday, March 28, 2008 7:40 AM > To: 'computer-go' > Subject: RE: [computer-go] Ing Challenge > > >The Ing prize stopped when Mr Ing died. He was > very interested > in

Re: [computer-go] State of the art of pattern matching

2008-03-29 Thread Mark Boon
On 29-mrt-08, at 10:47, Jacques BasaldĂșa wrote: I don't use don't care. I mask code in 2 bits: void, own, opponent, out_of_board. This produces bigger database size, because the only way to introduce "don't care" is to repeat the pattern. OK, so we were comparing apples and oranges. I know th

Re: [computer-go] State of the art of pattern matching

2008-03-29 Thread terry mcintyre
--- Mark Boon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 29-mrt-08, at 10:47, Jacques BasaldĂșa wrote: > > > I don't use don't care. I mask code in 2 bits: > void, own, > > opponent, out_of_board. This produces bigger > database size, > > because the only way to introduce "don't care" is > to repeat the

Re: [computer-go] State of the art of pattern matching

2008-03-29 Thread Mark Boon
On 29-mrt-08, at 14:13, terry mcintyre wrote: Considering how inexpensive memory is, and how branches cause processor pipelines to stall, it seems to make sense to convert "don't care" patterns into however many fixed patterns would be equivalent. If there are three "don't care elements", which