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Subject: Re: An addition

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 10:29:39 11/12/00

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On November 12, 2000 at 04:52:20, Severi Salminen wrote:

>Hi!
>
>>>Well, I think that the latest is the best. Reason: Hyatt is the only person who
>>>knows the most about his creation - so if he fixes something he most of the time
>>>knows the best what he is fixing and why. Most of the new releases fix bugs from
>>>previous versions.
>>
>>I agree, I always go with the most resent version of all Winboard engines that I
>>use.  I didn't check his revision notes on this latest version, so I don't have
>>a clue what he might have revised, but I did find this one to play a paticularly
>>brutal game of Chess against me.  Admitedly I seldom play Chess anymore so I
>>might be getting rusty(er), but this latest version seems pretty darn strong to
>>me.
>
>I think there should exist a separate file consisting the list of modifications
>at Hyatt ftp site. People should be able to easily read what was changed so they
>would know what to expect from a new version. If they see that a passed pawn
>code bug has been fixed, then it is _very_ likely that the program will play
>stronger on average. No need to speculate.
>
>Severi


It is there.  In the source files.  Look at the front of main.c...  several
thousand lines of comments detailing what happened in _every_ version of Crafty,
back to 1.0...



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