Author: Flemming Rodler
Date: 10:01:19 06/13/00
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On June 12, 2000 at 23:32:37, Pete Galati wrote: >On June 12, 2000 at 18:34:30, Tom Kerrigan wrote: > >>On June 12, 2000 at 18:22:32, Mogens Larsen wrote: >> >>>On June 12, 2000 at 18:15:52, Tom Kerrigan wrote: >>> >>>>No, no. Programmers are not avoiding the problem. They are solving it. >>> >>>You're fiddling with the semantics :o). >>> >>>>Let's say you had to move a heavy rock from point A to point B. You start by >>>>kicking the rock, which makes your shins bruised and bloody and puts you in >>>>horrible pain. Then you realize that you can pick up the rock with your hands >>>>and carry it. Do you think that picking up the rock would be "avoiding the >>>>problem"? >>> >>>No, basically you're asking someone else to remove the rock for you. >> >>Wouldn't that be the best way to solve the problem, though? No bloody shins OR >>sore hands. And the rock still gets moved. >> >>Well, if you don't like that argument, look at it from another point of view... >> >>Imagine that opening books hadn't been invented. Now imagine that Stefan (to >>pick a random programmer) puts an opening book in Shredder. Of course, Shredder >>jumps to the top of the SSDF list and is 100 points better than any other >>program because it has an opening book. What would you say? >> >>A) "Wow!! Shredder can play beautiful opening moves instantly! Stefan is a >>brillant programmer and opening books are a tremendous benefit to computer >>chess!" >> >>or >> >>B) "Stefan is such a cheater. He shouldn't be allowed to use that stupid book >>and I'm never going to buy Shredder." >> >>-Tom > >Having helped move very large rocks before, you don't pick them up, you roll >them with a very sturdy pry bar. That's essentially what Stefan would have been >doing. The very previouslly mentioned idea of having the program build the >opening book on it's own would however be the equivelent of attempting to pick >up a rock which is way to heavy and might posibly damage your back. > >Pete What about using a forklift or a crane :-) /Flemmming
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