Re: [gnugo-devel] Parallelizing GNU Go

[Hellwig Geisse]

On 03-Apr-03 Paul Pogonyshev wrote:
> just a question: do we really need it to be paralleled?
> 
> personally i won't say so, because:
> 
> [... reasons for not parallelizing GNU Go ...]
> 
> so, if you ask me, i'm against this. forking gnugo is another deal since
> it doesn't touch the engine much (if at all). it's not very portable, but
> i don't think you'll find many users out there who are eager to have
> paralleled gnu go at all.
> 
> just my 2 cents.
> 
> Paul
> 

I think you are right regarding the main development line of GNU Go.
But if I remember well, the original post was looking for a class
project in parallel (software) architectures. And this is IMHO
certainly a valid (and interesting) academic endeavor to try.

Hellwig