Author: Pete Galati
Date: 17:38:54 06/09/01
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On June 09, 2001 at 20:08:44, David Rasmussen wrote: >On June 09, 2001 at 18:07:49, Ricardo Gibert wrote: > >>The following finger notes can be found on ICC: >> >> >> >>Information about gerbil(C) (Last disconnected Sat Jun 09 2001 03:34): >> >> rating [need] win loss draw total best >>Bullet 1427 [7] 1 0 0 1 >>Blitz 2032 49 7 5 61 2032 (09-Jun-2001) >> >> 1: Gerbil >> 2: >> 3: A simple chess program by Bruce Moreland. >> 4: >> 5: First line of code written on 28-May-01. >> >> >> >>What's the scoop on this (very) new chess program? Why are you (Bruce) starting >>from scratch? What are your aims with this program? Is this intended to be a new >>version of TSCP or do you intend to be more ambitious? Inquiring minds want to >>know. > >Bruce said in rec.games.chess.computer that Gerbil was a new educational engine >that he was working on. That is, an engine that is supposed to be as simple and >clear as possible for the purposes of understanding how a chess program works. >This came up, because we where talking about that I am thinking of doing the >same. It seems that most such programs are a compromise between simplicity and >performance. In my educational program, if there ever is one, the important >principles will be: > >1. Simplicity and good design is _always_ more important than performance. >People could always look elsewhere for performance, whenever they understand the >basic design. The performance critical things are the things that should be >experimented with anyway, instead of just copied. > >2. Good, simple design and performance are not enemies. They emphasize >eachother. A good design will eventually lead to fewer bugs and better >performance. Look at what I'm missing by not subscribing anymore! Cool idea Bruce. (wherever you are) Will we be able to look forward to a Chess program named Guinea Pig someday? Maybe you won't get as many requests now to release Ferret. There goes my entertainment around here. Pete
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