Author: Dave Gomboc
Date: 17:40:29 11/21/00
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On November 16, 2000 at 15:50:57, Dan Ellwein wrote: >On November 16, 2000 at 14:43:19, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On November 16, 2000 at 14:39:50, Bertil Eklund wrote: >> >>>On November 16, 2000 at 14:28:14, Ritter Rost wrote: >>> >>>>On November 16, 2000 at 13:24:25, Bruce Moreland wrote: >>>> >>>>>On November 16, 2000 at 09:07:23, walter irvin wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>to me programs fall into 2 list bean counters and knowledge based . >>>>>>bean counters >>>>>>fritz >>>>>>junior >>>>>>nimzo >>>>>>lg2000a >>>>>> >>>>>>knowledge based >>>>>>shredder >>>>>>hiarcs >>>>>>rebel >>>>>>tiger >>>>>>diep >>>>>>crafty >>>>>>king >>>>>> >>>>>>now you would think that the knowledge based programs would destroy bean >>>>>>counters .but that is usually not the case .bean counters are some of the best >>>>>>and strongest .which makes me wonder if trying to put so much knowledge in a >>>>>>program really makes it better .i think that depth of search would count for >>>>>>more than knowledge . >>>>> >>>>>To me, they fall into two categories, A-M, and N-Z. I think that the balance of >>>>>power has favored A-M (Genius, MChess, Fritz, Hiarcs), but over time we are >>>>>seeing an increase in strength in N-Z (Shredder, Tiger, Nimzo). >>>>> >>>>>My personal favorites are mostly A-M programs, and my own program is definitely >>>>>an A-M program (Ferret), but I do have a few sentimental favorites in the N-Z's >>>>>(XXXX). >>>>> >>>>>The A-M's also include the top mainframe programs (Deep Blue, Hitech, Cray >>>>>Blitz), and the best open-source program (Crafty), so all in all I think that >>>>>A-M is still doing better than N-Z. >>>>> >>>>>bruce >>>> >>>>For me this is the post of the year. >>> >>>Agree >>> >>>Bertil >> >> >>The only thing I couldn't figure out is which group is "new paradigm"??? >> >>:) > >ahh... new paradigm would be the group N-P, of course... > >is that - new paradigm, no paradigm, or simply an anomaly... > >:) That is an NP-complete question! ;) Dave
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