Re^3: Perl Golf Ethics

[rinceWind]

With online chess, the rules are usually given on the site. For non real time chess, such as correspondence chess (e.g. http://www.redhotpawn.com) consulting opening books or chess opening websites is allowed, but feeding your moves or position to a chess program is not allowed, though they can't stop you, and it's difficult to prove it.

The site I mentioned has forums where this subject has been discussed in great depth.

[polettix]

It's interesting how mtve's book can be considered a "classic" for Perl golf (and thus could be considered "allowed"), while Thospel's procedure to find his beautiful "magic formula" has been automatically executed by a computer according to this (which would break chess' rules of "no automation"). But, of course, the geniality resides in thinking that such a formula exists, not in the raw calculations! :)