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Subject: Re: Here we go again...

Author: Amir Ban

Date: 07:05:26 11/15/98

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On November 15, 1998 at 09:46:38, Jürgen Hartmann wrote:

>On November 15, 1998 at 02:45:54, Ed Schröder wrote:
>
>>
>>#2. One of them said: "F5A does not save opponent games".
>>
>>#3. I then reacted:
>>
>>a) This is horrible, it might influence the learner of opponents programs.
>>I was talking about ALL programs.
>
>I am not sure I understand everything about this debate

That's ok, neither do I :(


 but anyhow I wanted to
>ask: Why is learning dependent on the saving of the game? Say a strong master
>plays several games against a program but doesnt want to save them. Does this
>mean the program learns nothing from those games? I tend to "forget" to save
>games I lose myself quite often.
>

Learning should not be dependent on saving the game, but Rebel9 had this
dependency. The Fritz5 autoplayer was not saving games, and historically Rebel9
came out before Fritz5, so Ed could do nothing about this (except complain).

Amir




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