Author: KarinsDad
Date: 14:23:49 08/24/99
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On August 24, 1999 at 16:52:40, Bruce Moreland wrote: [snip] > >I can't believe this is still going on. Yes, it is getting kind of old. > >Overstepping the time control can be a bug or a feature depending upon why the >program does it. This problem was probably originally a bug, although it is >difficult to know for certain, and when it was discovered it may have been left >in as an uncorrected bug, or deemed to be a feature, perhaps with a laugh. Do you really think that something like this that is undocumented and cannot be turned off could be a feature? That seems like a very improbable scenario (unless as you state as a joke). It could be a conscious design decision to leave it as an uncorrected bug due either to a lack of desire or a major effort required to correct it. But a feature? > >As to whether CST is somehow superior to other programs because it does this, >that's nonsense. Yup. > >As to whether it is not following the law of chess, because it flags, that's >nonsense too. Yup. > >As to whether the programmer has some sort of moral duty to increase objective >strength at every opportunity, I don't think so. Yup. > >bruce KarinsDad :)
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