Author: KarinsDad
Date: 13:04:19 06/10/00
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On June 10, 2000 at 08:18:03, Steve Maughan wrote: >Bob, > >>If you would only read. I said "what you _really_ are asking for is..." >Nobody is really looking for a program that is not competitive. They are >>looking for a strong program that is very simple... something that won't be >>found. > >Not a big point and defintely not worth too much discussion but I'd have to >disagree that everyone is looking for a competitive program. Of course chess >programming is difficult and as a result many people don't know where to start >even though they may be facinated by the concept of chess programming. A simple >program like Tom's serves as an excellent introduction and shows that although >it is difficult, a simple program can be created relatively easily. > >Regards, > >Steve Maughan No doubt. I think you basically hit it on the head Steve. People are fascinated with the concept of chess programming, but it is SUCH a difficult task that most people are daunted by it. So, they are looking for the panacea of chess source to look at. It's the notion that people "want their cake and eat it too". They want to look at or experiment with a program that has a LOT of chess programming features and that is strong, but at the same time, they want it to be so simple that it is easy to understand the code. Welcome to the real world. You want quality, you get advanced algorithms which are not necessarily easy to understand, especially from reading code. You want a lot of features, you get a lot of code. KarinsDad :)
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