Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 05:34:58 03/04/98
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On March 04, 1998 at 05:59:10, Ed Schröder wrote: >>>>Posted by Robert Hyatt on March 03, 1998 at 10:35:49: > >>>>I call that stupid programming. > >>>Yeah, and that same stupid program (Rebel8) has beaten Crafty even >>>when Crafty had 100 x more time :) > > >>and your point would be? > >Perhaps I don't like to be called stupid? >Of course you never did... >Pfffff.... > >- Ed Schroder - Then perhaps "stubborn" instead? I recall several responses to people asking you "why no book learning?" And I notice that nothing has changed about learning in the last few years. And I notice that it took me about one night to write Crafty's learning code. And perhaps another 3-4 nights spread over a year to refine it... Tis far easier to take evasive action by fixing a serious problem than it is to (a) come up with a passive solution that requires manual/automatic elimination of doubles or (b) grumbling about the way the testing is done. As far as the NPS thing, we both know how that was likely going to turn out had 10 games been played... That hasn't changed at all... As far as being called "stupid" I don't believe that was directed at you. Several programs fit that description, from Rebel to fritz 4 and before to Genius (earlier versions, don't know about 5), CM versions (don't know about the most recent) and so forth. And based on (a) the known problem with books and (b) the minimal effort needed to get learning operational; then (c) there was no good reason for everyone not to be "learning" at least a couple of years ago.
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