Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 12:30:58 11/13/00
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On November 12, 2000 at 18:36:10, Pete Galati wrote: >[......] >>> >>>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... >> >>Yes, I know that changes are in main.c. But I think the most of users don't >>download the source code to find out what has been changed. Many don't probably >>know where they can find change list. There should be a separate file containing >>this info. It would decrease the amount of speculation of Crafty's strenght >>between versions. >> >>Severi > >It's a thought, but as a whole, it's very extensive, and for the most part of >very little use to the average Crafty user. I trust Bob to make revisions that >will improve the program all the time, so the most recent version is always the >best bet, and it would be virtually impossible for _anyone_ to look at the >revision notes and somehow say that an older version is stronger than a recent >version. And besides, something that's stronger in one situation or time >control will not necessarily be stronger in another situation. > >Pete It is also possible that the notes say "Crafty now recognizes and handles condition XXX". But that doesn't mean it works perfectly. That has happened on several occasions..
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