Author: Sune Larsson
Date: 17:23:26 02/26/01
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On February 26, 2001 at 18:52:30, Wayne Lowrance wrote:
>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
You're hitting the bull's eye!I think pathetic was mentioned somewhere...;)
Sune
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