Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 19:00:50 01/07/01
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On January 07, 2001 at 15:22:53, stuart taylor wrote:
>On January 07, 2001 at 11:21:27, Christophe Theron wrote:
>
>>On January 06, 2001 at 21:36:45, stuart taylor wrote:
>>
>>>On January 06, 2001 at 20:48:08, Christophe Theron wrote:
>>>
>>>>On January 05, 2001 at 14:41:51, David Rasmussen wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>I was wondering why some of the clever ideas I've been reading about, aren't
>>>>>used in the programs I know of.
>>>>>
>>>>>ETC, Enhanced Transposition Cutoff, seems like a very good idea and have been
>>>>>tested to perform well in practice. Why isn't it used?
>>>>>
>>>>>I can't think of any more ideas right now...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>A number of ideas that sound simple and powerful actually do not work at all in
>>>>computer chess.
>>>>
>>>>On the other hand, I know several strange and unsound ideas that are working
>>>>great in my program... I was lucky enough to try them, but if I had trusted my
>>>>feelings (and my logical sense) I would not have discovered them.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Christophe
>>>
>>>You said you didn't try most of your ideas yet. Why did you choose these?
>>
>>
>>
>>Because when I am tweaking a specific area of my program I don't stop until I
>>have tried all I could try in this area.
>>
>>This leads to trying some stupid ideas in the area I'm working on before some
>>other obvious ideas in another area.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>And, I'm happy to hear that actual programers have all the best ideas too, and
>>>not only people like what I used to be, but with no actual computer knowledge
>>>(only imagined speculations) or ways of testing things.
>>
>>
>>
>>Sometimes the ideas that actually work look very strange because we assume that
>>we understand the essence of the Chess game, but we actually don't understand it
>>fully.
>>
>>Analyzing these strange ideas and why they work can lead to a better
>>understanding of the game.
>>
>>That's one of the very interesting parts of chess programming.
>>
>>
>>
>> Christophe
>
>Sounds great! honestly!
>Pack in as much as possible (of what works)!
>I take it that it is only practical to make one internet upgrade patch per
>comercial upgrade. Is this true?
>S.Taylor
There could be several updates if serious bugs are discovered, which is not the
case so far.
Christophe
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