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1 | New in 3.8 (since 3.6) |
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3 | - many small improvements and tuning since 3.6 | |
4 | - experimental Monte Carlo mode (9x9 only) | |
5 | - support for tiny boards | |
6 | - GPL v3 | |
7 | ||
8 | New in 3.6 (since 3.4) | |
9 | ||
10 | - stronger than 3.4 | |
11 | - many small improvements | |
12 | - GNU Go can now resign games | |
13 | - emacs mode can display the board graphically using xpms | |
14 | - basic knowledge of how to break out of mirror go | |
15 | ||
16 | New in 3.4 (since 3.2) | |
17 | ||
18 | - stronger than 3.2 | |
19 | - new connection and semeai modules use lookahead | |
20 | - new break-in code | |
21 | - improvements to many parts of the program | |
22 | ||
23 | New in 3.2 (since 3.0) | |
24 | ||
25 | - stronger than 3.0 | |
26 | - uses less RAM than 3.0 | |
27 | - 1-dimensional board | |
28 | - experimental dynamic connection analysis | |
29 | - experimental reading semeai module | |
30 | - new influence function | |
31 | - stronger and more agressive | |
32 | - reads to find combinations | |
33 | - revised Zobrist hashing | |
34 | - new html views of the regressions, and many more tests | |
35 | ||
36 | New in 3.0 (since 2.6) | |
37 | ||
38 | - stronger than 2.6 | |
39 | - new move generation scheme | |
40 | - new influence function | |
41 | - more accurate reading | |
42 | - board information maintained incrementally during reading | |
43 | - new "owl" and "life" modules for accurate life and death analysis | |
44 | - persistent caching of reading and owl results for speed | |
45 | - revised semeai module | |
46 | - experimental Deterministic Finite State Automaton (DFA) pattern matcher | |
47 | - new debugging tools | |
48 | - level option | |
49 | ||
50 | New in 2.6 (since 2.4) | |
51 | ||
52 | - stronger than 2.4 | |
53 | - more portable code | |
54 | - Texinfo documentation | |
55 | - Emacs mode | |
56 | ||
57 | New in 2.4 (since 2.0) | |
58 | ||
59 | Enhancements for the user: | |
60 | ||
61 | - stronger: able to give GNU Go 2.0 a 5 stone handicap | |
62 | - life and death evaluation drastically improved | |
63 | - more efficient and accurate reading | |
64 | - (small) joseki database | |
65 | - takes influence and territory into account | |
66 | - Ascii interface as an alternative to CGoban | |
67 | - uses GNU configure | |
68 | - undo supported | |
69 | - man page | |
70 | ||
71 | Enhancements for the developer: | |
72 | ||
73 | - expanded pattern database | |
74 | - autohelpers for patterns | |
75 | - joseki library in Smart Go Format | |
76 | - fuseki module | |
77 | - backfilling and numerous other improvements to reading code | |
78 | - algorithms for estimating territory and influence | |
79 | - eye_finder module uses a static algorithm for life and death | |
80 | - eyeshape database | |
81 | - connection database | |
82 | - reading code uses Zobrist hashing and other speedups | |
83 | - greater modularity | |
84 | - documentation of key algorithms | |
85 | - expanded support for Smart Go Format | |
86 | - various debugging tools | |
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