[Computer-go] Some newbie questions

[David Doshay]

Hey Don,

I doubt anyone would have faulted you for mentioning CGOS, which is very valuable for testing go programs.

Cheers,
David



On 3, Jan 2011, at 10:57 AM, Don Dailey wrote:

> Hi Joona!
> 
> Good to see you pop up here.
> 
> I think there are several open source go programs.  I think fuego is one of the better ones but I could be wrong.
> 
> The playouts started out as simply uniformly random games with the only condition that you did not fill your own 1 point eye.    But then it was found that some intelligence could be added to how the "random" games were played.  
> 
> GTP is by far the standard protocol for Go programs.  
> 
> I'm sure others will give you much more detailed information.
> 
> Don
>