Morendil comments on Prisoner's Dilemma (with visible source code) Tournament - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Morendil 07 June 2013 02:29:38PM 3 points [-]

If two programs both use this strategy, they'll go into an infinite loop where program A simulates program B simulating program A etc.

Not if you do it right. (Not sure if I should say any more. The contest is interesting but sharing too much in the comments risks turning it into a social engineering effort rather than a programming or mathematical effort.)