Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 06:00:35 04/25/00
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On April 25, 2000 at 08:20:57, Jerry Adams wrote: >On April 24, 2000 at 21:11:33, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On April 24, 2000 at 19:09:36, Mark Young wrote: >> >>>On April 24, 2000 at 16:40:39, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>> >>>> >>>>I am not quite sure what drives this sort of discussion, but I would like to >>>>suggest a few things to reduce traffic on CCC: >>> >>>I have a good idea what drives this about Crafty...money. When you pay $X for a >>>"top of the line chess program". You expect it to *Trash* Crafty and the other >>>freebee programs. This just is not the case anymore with Crafty, even when >>>crafty is run a single CPU. What a difference a year or so can make. >>> >>>Get ready for more BOB as you climb the SSDF list with better Crafty versions. >>>Some may see crafty as a threat to computer Chess, but for people that want >>>"Bigger, Better, Cheaper" the gains by crafty are only a plus to drive >>>commercail computer chess ratings even higher at a much faster pace. >> >> >>I don't mind discussion or even criticism. I just hate to see it absolutely >>_dominate_ CCC like it does from time to time... IE I have a crafty mailing >>list that is a good place to discuss crafty in pseudo-private. But at least >>if someone joins that list (it has about 1500 members last time I checked >>right after we moved it from John Perry's machine) they know they will see a >>lot of traffic, but it will be all crafty-related. > > > > False Modesty perhaps?? It is difficult to believe that you would not Be >Overjoyed that crafty is getting the attention that it is, especially among your >own colleagues. >> Nope... I would be perfectly happy to only see crafty mentioned when specific algorithms or ideas is discussed. Not in terms of results. Half the comments are complimentary... half are disparaging... result = 0.0 -> the entire kit and kaboodle could be tossed out with no loss.
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