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by ViralBShah 2190 days ago
I was going through this project over the weekend. And while I can't recall where exactly in the docs I read this, I am quite sure the author mentioned that there are various python projects but they are quite slow. Other implementations such as leela chess zero have a lot of C++ and are difficult to follow.

In fact, one of the things we want to do is maximize the performance of the Julia implementation. We hope to co-develop the compiler and ML stack to address these issues as they come up.
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newswasboring 2190 days ago
I don't know if you saw it here, but a similar point is made in the readme section "Why should I care about this implementation".[1]

https://github.com/jonathan-laurent/AlphaZero.jl#why-should-...

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doublesCs 2190 days ago
Truly truly thank you for your work <3
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newswasboring 2190 days ago
Not sure you are thanking jonath_laurent (original author of package of discussion) or ViralBShah (co-creator of Julia). But I concur on both accounts :D
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doublesCs 2190 days ago
Viral. I thanked Jonath in a different post :-P

When I see projects like this (I mean especially Julia, but also people sharing their work on packages like this) I feel very fortunate that elements of the free software movement are still alive.

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