Author: Pete Galati
Date: 15:08:49 04/26/00
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On April 26, 2000 at 16:25:48, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On April 26, 2000 at 16:04:59, Pete Galati wrote: > >>On April 26, 2000 at 08:11:30, Robert Hyatt wrote: >> >>>On April 26, 2000 at 00:53:37, Bruce Moreland wrote: >>> >>>>On April 25, 2000 at 18:23:59, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>>> >>>>>I don't think it is "horribly crippled". Just "crippled". In ways I >>>>>understand, but don't want to waste the time fixing. Too much depends on >>>>>saving some time with pondering. Turning it off would be doable, but a lot >>>>>of testing and modification would be needed to fix all the holes doing that >>>>>creates. I barely have enough time to work on the program as is, and I would >>>>>much rather work on the Beowulf search than spend time tuning something I don't >>>>>and won't ever use... >>>>> >>>>>If you are rich, money is no object. In this case, time is money and I am >>>>>nearly broke. I watch _every_ penny (minute) of time I spend since I have so >>>>>little of it nowadays.. >>>> >>>>Perhaps you could default pondering to on, and comment out the "ponder off" >>>>command. If someone wanted to turn it back on for testing, they could, but if >>>>someone wants to use a stock version of your thing to do a "I'm going to prove >>>>that Bob is stupid" test, they'd have to modify your code to do it, which would >>>>make the test more than a bit suspect. >>>> >>>>bruce >>> >>> >>>I had thought about this. But then _I_ get into the hot seat all of a sudden >>>as when I am testing I always use ponder=off so I can reproduce the same node >>>counts over and over, when playing a few moves in a game. By doing this, I >>>would be continually either (a) editing the source to enable this for every >>>test run or (b) releasing versions with it accidentally still enabled. >>> >>>I am doing my best to follow the KISS principle. But it is sometimes >>>difficult. :) >> >>I'm enjoying the arguements the way it is now. Please don't change it. >> >>Pete > > >Then I'll bet you also enjoy a good "enema" every now and then too? > >:) Actually, I've tried to steer clear of the pondering arguements, I stuck my nose in once, but I noticed that people become very emotional about it for some odd reason. So I just watch them happening. But I prefer to see the Crafty program stay as hardnosed and difficult as posible, and everyone can just go "but, but, but, but..." From my one experience with enemas before a surgury, I don't recommend them to anyone. There must be a better way to turn a person inside out. Pete
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