[computer-go] Language War!

[Rémi Coulom]

Peter Drake wrote:
> Should we start from scratch or use parts of another open source 
> program, such as GNU Go?

Please, please, start from scratch. Or don't participate in competitions.

Having a good data structure and fast MakeMove function is part of the 
difficulty and the fun of writing a Go program. You really should do it 
yourself.

Also, if you are writing a Monte-Carlo program, you should be able to 
obtain much better performance with your own code than with GNU's, 
because GNU's was not designed for Monte Carlo.

Why not translate what you already have in Java to C++? That should be 
rather straightforward.

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