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Subject: Re: ECM errata

Author: Don Dailey

Date: 21:54:39 01/19/98

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On January 19, 1998 at 22:31:53, Bruce Moreland wrote:

>I think that everyone who's involved in this wants something different.
>
>I want a tactical suite that is challenging and doesn't take fifteen
>hours to run.
>
>I think you want something that is more correct than this.
>
>bruce

Ok everyone,  let's reach a consensous.  Fill out this form:

YES    NO

---- ----   1. Should the program have a single clearly best move?

---- ----   2. Can it have more than 1 clearly better than others?

---- ----   3. Should we KEEP the easy problems?

---- ----   4. Is it ok if programs tend to solve it by accident?


Here's my answers:

1.  YES  but don't care that much
2.  NO   but don't care that much
3.  YES  but don't care that much
4.  NO   but I can cull them later


I believe point 4 is the only one anyone feels strongly about but I'm
not sure.  If this is the case let's do the set without worrying about
this point.   Later we can decide without hurting a thing.  I can cull
these out later and if anyone else wants this they can either help me
or wait for me to do it.

But we've done good work so far and identified a bunch of bad problems
so let's get moving!   We should post a list of the whole set minus
the bad problems once every day or two.  Certainly we can start with
the incorrect ones which we tend to agree on as Amir notes.

P.S.   Who is going to post the set (minus the cooks?)  I can do this
       if no one else is going to.  Ed volunteered to use his site
       as a repository and I concur.


- Don











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