Author: Tom Kerrigan
Date: 11:34:39 07/21/00
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On July 21, 2000 at 01:12:16, Dann Corbit wrote: >On July 21, 2000 at 00:58:29, Tom Kerrigan wrote: >[snip] >>My point is that giving away your source code doesn't necessarily make you a >>better programmer. Saying that Bob Hyatt is one of the top 5 chess programmers >>(partially) because Crafty is open source is bogus. > >Crafty recently won a high profile internet event, with the best commercial >engines participating also. > >Crafty is *without any question* the strongest freely available chess engine. > >To offer *THAT* source code to the public is a service so large it cannot be >expressed properly, except in the most glowing terms. Actually, I can express it in less than glowing terms: 1) ICC is polluted with Crafty clones. 2) Crafty clones show up at official CC tournaments. 3) Why write your own program if Crafty's source code is open and it would take years to make a program that beats it? 4) People worship Bob only because he gives them free stuff. I'm sure there are more reasons to be unhappy with Crafty, and I know I'm not the only person who feels this way. >Crafty epitomizes all of the most efficient techniques in modern chess >programming. Sure, if you like bitboards... -Tom
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