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

Author: James Swafford

Date: 05:11:36 11/10/02

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On November 09, 2002 at 22:46:19, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On November 09, 2002 at 07:23:52, James Swafford wrote:
>
>>On November 09, 2002 at 00:09:45, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>
>>> [snip]  You have
>>>repeatedly said that you copied most everything from my eval, and then
>>>added some things on your own.  No doubt that will make things difficult
>>>for me...
>>
>>
>>Ouch.  You are one step away from calling Sjeng a clone here.
>>Are you sure you're quoting him correctly?
>>
>>Maybe it's fair to say Sjeng is heavily _based_ on Crafty, which
>>is not nearly as bad (IMHO) as being a (modified, improved, whatever)
>>clone.
>>
>>--
>>James
>
>
>This is not the same thing as being a clone.  I said exactly what GCP has
>said to me in the past...
>
>A clone is a duplicate with a few changes.  Sjeng doesn't use the same kind
>of data structures and search that I use.



He simply said he went over the code
>and implemented everything that looked useful in his eval.  At one point he
>complained about my king safety, wanting me to write something better so he
>could use it. We both had a chuckle during the conversation.  :)


Not the same thing... ok.

--
James





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