Author: Mogens Larsen
Date: 13:59:29 02/26/01
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On February 26, 2001 at 13:36:08, Christophe Theron wrote:
>I have the opinion that the best program will be the one which will perform the
>best at any time controls, for the reasons I have given already and that you
>failed to refute.
That is just a statement without any factual content whatsoever, except the
things that charaterises your program and your ambitions on its behalf. No
knowledge of other programs is involved, not even evaluation of different
approaches are discussed. Refuting something without content is quite difficult.
Every "reason" comes from and is compared within your own frame of reference. On
that basis an evaluation of "the best program" have no meaning. Just a
statement, where if you list the "positive" values there's only one match and
that is your own program. There's even a "What if a poor program plays the right
move" explanation to account for all the possibilities.
So I found your statement to be a complete load of prejudicial nonsense. Chris
Whittington did something similar, but in a more detailed and convincing way.
>You can have a different opinion. But instead of just trying to depreciate my
>opinion ("you cannot they that", "it's not so simple", "it's a political
>statement"), explain what your opinion is, and please give arguments to support
>your point.
The arguments are already here in this very thread and I've also made a little
philosophical attempt. There's a blow to every aspect of your statement. Very
poor understanding of the possible combinations that is related to
pruning/selectivity, evaluation, extensions and knowledge employed by other
programs. All of which is related to "style" and a factor that decides how
hardware/time affects performance, whether you like it or not. Claiming that
other programs suck because they choose other paths is pathetic IMO.
Regards,
Mogens
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