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Re: [pbmserv-dev] proposed ko algorithm for pbmserv go
On Saturday, September 6, 2003, at 03:09 PM, Lyman Hurd wrote:
Suicide is illegal in go (don't know about gonnect).
A mathematician friend (and 6 dan) has argued to me
that it would be more elegant to allow suicide in some
situations as a ko threat, but rules are rules.
There is one rule set that allows suicide (New Zealand, maybe?).
Not only can suicide sometimes be a ko threat, there are apparently
situations where suicide creates a shortage of liberties, and
allowing a group to be killed outright. Don't ask me how....
Charles
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Charles Sutton
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
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