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Subject: Re: Draw due to lack of blockade detection...

Author: Gian-Carlo Pascutto

Date: 09:13:32 10/04/02

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On October 04, 2002 at 11:38:18, Omid David wrote:

>At the current stage, my engine has a +2500 performance, so I know what I'm
>talking about.

I'll make my point now before it gets lost in the other thread.

Advancing your engine will mean that from a certain point on you
will realize that some things you did before are no good. You can
take this in a very broad sense. It doesn't only refer to algorithms.

This means that your engine and your view on programming it are
not perfect. What you know and think now may be things you completely
disagree with one year from now.

With this background, saying that your engine is x strength and that
hence we should trust you, is not a solid argument in my view.

No matter how strong your engine is, you may just be wrong. For
one, you don't think everything Vincent writes is right and that
he knows everything about everything he talks about, do you?

If Vincent says that your method sucks and your engine must suck
if it works for you, he may be right. You aren't going to prove
him wrong by arguing that you have a strong engine. I don't think
you're going to be able to prove him wrong, period. But that
doesn't mean he is right, either.

At best you can demonstrate that, right now, the method improves
the strength of your engine. Maybe one year from now you've thrown
it out for god-knows what reasons. Maybe one year from now we'll
all have stolen it because it turns out to be a brilliant idea.
Who knows?

--
GCP



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