Author: Mogens Larsen
Date: 08:27:07 05/21/00
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On May 21, 2000 at 10:56:19, Christophe Theron wrote: >I went pro once I have closed the gap, so I'm not sure I can answer your >question. > >Anyway, don't forget I'm working on Chess Tiger since 1982... I don't intend to :o). If I sometime in the future feel the urge to buy a piece of chess software, it would be Chess Tiger (or Shredder :o)). >I do not know if it is still the case, but I think that to be on top you have to >be extremely creative and invent original techniques. Why is Crafty getting closer then? The hardware have remained the same for some time as far as I know. Are the professional programs slowing down creatively? >It is indeed much easier. You just connect on the net, download Crafty and >several other free chess programs with their source code, and work from that. > >Great, but the drawback of this is that programmers do not have to reinvent >everything. That makes them more lazy, and I'm sure a lot of creativity is lost. That is my impression as well. I've also got the impression that some programmers try new ideas and building things from scratch, but that progress is a _lot_ harder to come by. Maybe too hard for some. Sincerely, Mogens
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