Author: Joseph Merolle
Date: 10:15:51 06/06/02
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On June 06, 2002 at 10:10:12, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On June 06, 2002 at 00:57:19, Joseph Merolle wrote: > >>Do you think these programmers have a genuine interest in giving us the best >>possible program for our money with all these upgrades ? Or do you think we are >>being used as lab rats and programmers are just experimenting (at our expense) >>evaluating how ratings move on playchess.com and tournament postings that we put >>up. Or do you think its both aiming to hit new highs (seeing what works and what >>not) for Fritz 8. Mean while we think we are getting some awesome cutting edge >>engine up grade and its just a trial run version. Really what I am asking when a >>programmer puts an engine up grade out do you think they create it with the >>intentions of being the final up grade? >> >> >>Regards Joseph > > >I think the term "finished chess program" is a classic oxymoron. A chess >program will never be finished, at least in any time-frame that could be >considered "finite". > >It will continue to evolve, exactly like the author evolves. Slowly and >over time... > >Do you really think someone could write a chess engine, and then one day >announce "that is it, I have no more ideas on how to make it better, period"?? > >From experience, almost 35 years (in my case) has not come even close to >reaching this point yet. What I mean by finshed I mean Finshed as far was the version (Fritz 7) of the program goes. I am not talking about Fritz 8,9 and so on. Dont get me wroung I like the idea of upgrading programs. I was just wondering if programmers ever put out a program to test a new idea/concept or is their intention every time is to put out the strougest engine. Thanks for your responce Dr.H Regards Joseh
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