Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 17:52:45 04/26/00
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On April 26, 2000 at 20:41:31, Flemming Rodler wrote: >Hi all, > >I was just wondering how people determine if a new version of the program they >are developing is better than the current. Are there other methods than just >testing it against a whole bunch of other chess engines? That's the most important one, and (really) the only one you can trust [provided that you include human opponents as well]. They also test with EPD test suites. Not reliable indicators of program play. Sometimes the programmer will have a pretty good idea that a change has helped before testing.
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