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Subject: Re: Crafty-List question

Author: Djordje Vidanovic

Date: 17:40:08 11/27/03

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Hi Uli,

staying up late, just like me? :-).  What matters is not whether a program is a
fake, clone, etc.  What matters here is the fact that suspicion seems to be
sufficient for pointing a finger at someone and even disqualifying a program
thus ruining the programmer's reputation.  Solely based on suspicion and, as
stated by the commmittee, "circumstantial evidence".  That is something I feel
very strongly against.

From what I know about List (played literally thousands of games against it with
Ruffian) is that it is a very strong program that is a real threat to any of the
"big boys".  It is fast, extremely tough and stronger than Crafty by about 60-80
points.  For some time it was a real problem for previous Ruffian versions
(1.0.1 and 1.0.5)

Just like you, I am expecting some hard evidence to be made public.  Because
this looks very ugly as it is now.  At least enough to raise one's eyebrows.

Djordje



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