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Rather than returning -1 if GameBoard cannot find an index (for all of the find* functions) return an Optional<Integer>.

Thus if a matching index if found we would get Some(<Index>) and None otherwise.

This would change the long if-else chain in the AI's Heuristic to a nice series of flatMaps.

Instead of simply appending new boards at the end of the output buffer, clear the output to make it look like the board is being mutated instead of replaced.

This will require using some sort of clear command along with a pause so that the user can see what HAL did at each step.