Author: Sune Fischer
Date: 16:29:32 10/21/03
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On October 21, 2003 at 14:36:04, Mogens Larsen wrote: >The problem with arguing for SSDF testing a personality setting is irrelevance. >AFAIK the SSDF test the engine in an out-of-the-box configuration. The only >deviances being hashsize, GUI and other minor details. In short, it doesn't >matter what you, I or Kurt Utzinger thinks about the default settings or which >personality setting we might think is strongest. If I'm not mistaken default >settings were used when testing CM6000 and CM8000. > >Similiarly, one could argue that other engines with adjustable settings should >be tested when someone finds settings that may or may not be stronger. Maybe >Nimzo8_codpiece is forthcoming or a few extra Shredder incarnations. They are >sorely missed ;-). The question should be default or nothing. It doesn't matter >a great deal to me either way. Good luck and keep fightin'! ;-) I'm no SSDF expert and they probably have rules to cover this, but IMHO it should all be entirely up to the author what settings are used. Otherwise consider the number of unofficial CM 'experts', everyone with their own optimal settings that they have tested 'a lot' and found to be 'much stronger' than the default ones :) I would assume the default settings were intended to be the allround strongest by the author, hence by default the default settings should be used (heh), unless the author has a strong request that they use something else (which will probably default in the next release then!?). -S.
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