Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 13:58:47 07/20/00
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On July 20, 2000 at 16:31:24, Wayne Lowrance wrote: >On July 20, 2000 at 13:44:12, Tom Kerrigan wrote: >>On July 19, 2000 at 21:24:27, Wayne Lowrance wrote: >>>On July 19, 2000 at 21:05:18, walter irvin wrote: >>> >>>>my best 5 chess programmers >>>>1.deep blue team (deep blue) >>>>2.richard lang (all were good + 8 titles!!!!!!) >>>>3.amir ban (deep junior) >>>>4.frans morsch (fritz) >>>>5.ed (chess machine and rebel) >>>> >>>>there are a few that get left off the list ,either they did not win a title or >>>>they just could not keep pace with the better programs . >>> >>>Dont you have a spot for Dr Rober Hyatt on that list ? I could not begin to give >>>you the correct order except Dr Hyatt has got to receive major >>>attention/consideration ! >> >>Hsu, Lang, Morsch, and Ed all have incredible history behind them. Hyatt >>doesn't. I don't really consider Amir to be a legend (yet) and his name is >>easily replaced with a number of others. Kittinger, Stanback, Bruce Moreland, >>Christophe, Stefan, Uniakle, de Koening; sorry if I left anybody out. But I >>consider any of these guys more impressive than Hyatt. >> >>-Tom > >Get a _life_ mate. What happened to objectivity. Well, it is really a matter of opinion when you get down to the definition of "what is best" for any kind of thing. I happen to disagree with some of his opinions, but there is no such thing as a wrong viewpoint. All opinions are equally valid. "I think that crafty is the greatest program ever." is a true statement. By my opinion of what is great is something that I can learn from and is very strong, with plenty of advanced techniques that I can study. I don't think crafty can beat Deep Blue head to head, but that does not alter my opinion. On the other hand: "Crafty is the strongest chess program in the world." is probably not a true statement. On the other, other hand: "Crafty, on the right hardware, is among the strongest programs in the world." is probably a true statement. But couched in this way, it is pretty ambiguous. When we use terms like "I think the best..." or "My favorite..." then anything that follows is true, since we are simply expressing a viewpoint.
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