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Subject: Re: Is the Crafty-Sjeng match complete?

Author: Andreas Guettinger

Date: 14:04:43 11/09/02

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On November 09, 2002 at 14:27:38, James Swafford wrote:

>On November 09, 2002 at 13:57:51, Uri Blass wrote:
>
>>On November 09, 2002 at 13:26:12, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:
>>
>>>On November 09, 2002 at 11:48:09, Wayne Lowrance wrote:
>>>
>>>>On November 09, 2002 at 04:48:36, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On November 09, 2002 at 01:08:35, Peter Kappler wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On November 09, 2002 at 00:09:45, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>><snip>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>I would expect that a match with your program would be tough.  You have
>>>>>>>repeatedly said that you copied most everything from my eval, and then
>>>>>>>added some things on your own.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>If this is true, I find it extremely depressing.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>GCP, say it ain't so...
>>>>>
>>>>>Lol, it isn't.
>>>>>
>>>>>What I said was that when I saw a good idea in Crafty
>>>>>that wasn't already in Sjeng, I would not hesitate to
>>>>>'steal' it.
>>>>>
>>>>>I also said I know from looking at your code that there
>>>>>aren't many things Crafty knows that Sjeng doesn't know,
>>>>>but that the reverse isn't true.
>>>>>
>>>>>The above doesn't mean that I copied your eval and
>>>>>added stuff of my own.
>>>>>
>>>>>--
>>>>>GCP
>>>>
>>>>What percentage of your eval is Dr Hyatt's in terms of performance contribution.
>>>>Example you might say that only 10 % of the idea's are Dr Hyatts but that 10 %
>>>>might equate to 50 % of the eval performance, or, the reverse could be the case.
>>>> I think you need to clarify this for your own image ( if that is important to
>>>>you).
>>>>Let's not leave any doubt's about your program authenticity either way. My
>>>>opinion only
>>>>Thanks
>>>>Wayne\
>>>
>>>the knowledge in crafty is so basic and so very rude and primitif that
>>>you cannot possibly call it 'bobs ideas'.
>>
>>I think that saying that the knowledge of another program is primitive is not
>>polite.
>>
>
>Especially when your own source code is not available to scrutinize.
>
>--
>James
>

... and your program doesn't perform better than Crafty (I hope I'm quoting Mr.
Hyatt right).

regards :)

Andreas



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