Re: [gnugo-devel] endgame module for GNU Go

[Xavier Combelle]

> It seems to me that you understand well what is going
> on there.
I thanks a lot of the confirmation. It was ncessatry for my next step.

> However, I'm not sure how easy it would be
> to use the same approach for GNU Go.
>  
I agree with that.
In my little experience of go and  my bigger experience in computer 
programming,
I know it would be not easy. If that would be so easy, the game would 
already
be finished.

> Even with this simplification, it has still taken me 6
> years to find the right "glue code" to get the pieces
> of my planner to cooperate.
>  
If only 6 years is spent to find a useful glue, it should be a gread 
imporvement.

> You may be able to "glue" GNU Go's strategic and
> tactical modules. I'm not sure. I haven't torn into
> the code yet. However, I think it would be the devil
> to maintain the glue code. It would have to be
> adjusted everytime a module was modified.
>  
I hope no, I am currently thinking about a way to glue that is not dependant
of the other one part. The basic idea is tactical module ask to stategic 
module: what is
the strategic value of this move and the startegic module ask to the 
tactical module
what is the tactical value of this move.
But maybe it is too much naive. I really don't know.

> But hey, anything is possible.
The point is now I spend already a long time to improve my go,
so for computer go I have really few time. Even if my ideas are good,
I thinks it's better to improve my go. But if someone wants to gather 
some suggestion,
just ssend me an email, I would be pleased to give them. Of course, my glue
is not finished and so I can't releas them, but I have some idea about 
improving
the sluggo approach, for example. But I can't give any garantee that my 
ideas are right.