Author: Wayne Lowrance
Date: 15:52:30 02/26/01
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On February 26, 2001 at 16:59:29, Mogens Larsen wrote:
>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
Mogens you come across to me as a student who likes to argue against experience
and knowledge without much of either.
sorry
Wayne
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