| New in 3.8 (since 3.6) |
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| - many small improvements and tuning since 3.6 |
| - experimental Monte Carlo mode (9x9 only) |
| - support for tiny boards |
| - GPL v3 |
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| New in 3.6 (since 3.4) |
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| - stronger than 3.4 |
| - many small improvements |
| - GNU Go can now resign games |
| - emacs mode can display the board graphically using xpms |
| - basic knowledge of how to break out of mirror go |
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| New in 3.4 (since 3.2) |
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| - stronger than 3.2 |
| - new connection and semeai modules use lookahead |
| - new break-in code |
| - improvements to many parts of the program |
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| New in 3.2 (since 3.0) |
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| - stronger than 3.0 |
| - uses less RAM than 3.0 |
| - 1-dimensional board |
| - experimental dynamic connection analysis |
| - experimental reading semeai module |
| - new influence function |
| - stronger and more agressive |
| - reads to find combinations |
| - revised Zobrist hashing |
| - new html views of the regressions, and many more tests |
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| New in 3.0 (since 2.6) |
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| - stronger than 2.6 |
| - new move generation scheme |
| - new influence function |
| - more accurate reading |
| - board information maintained incrementally during reading |
| - new "owl" and "life" modules for accurate life and death analysis |
| - persistent caching of reading and owl results for speed |
| - revised semeai module |
| - experimental Deterministic Finite State Automaton (DFA) pattern matcher |
| - new debugging tools |
| - level option |
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| New in 2.6 (since 2.4) |
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| - stronger than 2.4 |
| - more portable code |
| - Texinfo documentation |
| - Emacs mode |
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| New in 2.4 (since 2.0) |
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| Enhancements for the user: |
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| - stronger: able to give GNU Go 2.0 a 5 stone handicap |
| - life and death evaluation drastically improved |
| - more efficient and accurate reading |
| - (small) joseki database |
| - takes influence and territory into account |
| - Ascii interface as an alternative to CGoban |
| - uses GNU configure |
| - undo supported |
| - man page |
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| Enhancements for the developer: |
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| - expanded pattern database |
| - autohelpers for patterns |
| - joseki library in Smart Go Format |
| - fuseki module |
| - backfilling and numerous other improvements to reading code |
| - algorithms for estimating territory and influence |
| - eye_finder module uses a static algorithm for life and death |
| - eyeshape database |
| - connection database |
| - reading code uses Zobrist hashing and other speedups |
| - greater modularity |
| - documentation of key algorithms |
| - expanded support for Smart Go Format |
| - various debugging tools |
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