Re: [gnugo-devel] 261 games 3.1.31 vs 3.1.32

[Marco Scheurer]

On Thursday, April 18, 2002, at 08:17  pm, <address@hidden> 
wrote:

> Since shortly after the 3.1.31 release, we've had a precipitous
> rating slide on NNGS. I did some testing to see if 3.1.31 showed
> signs of being broke.
>
> I've been playing 3.1.31 against 3.1.32 and have collected 116 games 
> with
> 3.1.32 as white, and 145 games with 3.1.32 as black.

If 3.1.31 is broken, couldn't 3.1.32 be just as broken?

And in general, is playing against older versions of GNU Go a good test? 
While testing Goban, I've been looking at a few games between different 
versions of GNU Go, and they seemed strange to me (but I'm a weak 
player). It would be nice to have other comparisons, like the game 
series against Handtalk. I don't have easy access to a Windows PC 
outside of work, but I'm thinking about investing in SoftPC for my Mac 
just to match GNU Go against Smart Go or Many Faces or Go Professional.

marco