******** Mini-Othello ********
      (Console verison)

Written by Yunpeng Li	
yl@middelbury.edu   http://bj.middlebury.edu/~yl

Originally a joint project with Dobo Radichnov for CX 311 (Artificial Intelligence).


SOURCE CODE
Source code can be compile with GCC. Verson 2.95.x is recommend. For some reason, which I haven't figured out myself, executable compiled by GCC 3.x is much larger and has much worse performance. I will be really interested in knowing why. You can also compile it using Borland C++ compiler using "make bcc", but the exe is slightly slower (10% - 15%) as tested on my computer.


USAGE:
This is a command-line program, i.e. it need to run in a console window (or DOS window for Windows). Use "--help" switch to see a full list of options. 


ABOUT THIS PROGRAM
This is still an elementary level program, low search speed, manually tuned (and hence inaccurate) evaluation funcion. Therefore it is pretty weak and definitely no match for good Othello programs such as WZebra, Pointy Stone, etc. However it is should be a good challenge for beginning and amateur level players. Have fun!

