Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 14:49:54 06/18/99
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On June 18, 1999 at 13:30:54, Eugene Nalimov wrote: >[a lot of text deleted] > >>I think every participant saw that as my reply went to everybody, including >>the icca participant list. The ICCA _never_ suggested that "Hey Bob, if you >>can enter crafty and get someone to operate for you, that will be fine with >>us." The above rule seems _perfectly clear_ to me. I thought of three >>people that "might" qualify. Jason Deines has written some code for crafty, >>as has Mike Byrne. Jason is in Grad school and Mike was involved in a new >>job. Eugene would (IMHO) also qualify since I am using his probe code and >>the asm stuff he wrote a long while back. However Eugene also has a full-time >>job at Microsoft and I didn't consider it apprpriate to put him on the spot by >>asking either. So after the above simple statement, that was all I heard. > >[some text deleted] > >It looks that I was able to operate at least half a dozen programs there... And >also give a presentation at ACC9. Unfortunately, I'm very busy at my job right >now. > >Eugene Right. You have made a _major_ contribution to computer chess. But Bruce and I had this discussion in the past at some point, because if you bend the rules the right way, several of us could call you co-author. And while your stuff is essential (IMHO) doing so is probably a convolution of the intent of the rules...
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