Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 17:18:16 06/06/02
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On June 06, 2002 at 13:15:51, Joseph Merolle wrote: >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 What most of us do is work on the new version until we think there are enough new features or old bug fixes to make a new release worthwhile. The commercial guys then go into beta testing to eliminate more bugs that have worked into the new version. After a few beta cycles, things are ready and the new version is released. however, the programmer probably started on the _next_ version just as soon as the previous version was frozen and put into beta test. :)
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