Author: Ralf Elvsén
Date: 19:25:52 02/04/01
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On February 04, 2001 at 20:04:42, Bruce Moreland wrote: <snipped> > >Often, we start out with two programs and we want to be able to make comparative >statements about the two programs: > >1) A is stronger than B. This is what I find so hard to understand in many cases. To have the information "X is stronger than Y" is to me uninteresting unless I know how much stronger it is, i.e. I want an estimate of the average score. Some people seem to run matches and then declare which program is strongest, but doesn't it really matter to them if the average score is 50.000001% or 99.99999% ? And if you want this number it has to be given with an estimate of the uncertainty... Back to square one. Contrary to what you are saying (which I snipped and now am too lazy to restore) the information "X is stronger than Y" only makes sense to me if e.g. you as a programmer were running two close versions of your program against each other. Ralf > >bruce
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