Author: Uri Blass
Date: 15:22:21 04/14/01
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On April 14, 2001 at 17:49:49, Rajen Gupta wrote: >On April 14, 2001 at 17:25:10, Uri Blass wrote: > >>On April 14, 2001 at 17:08:43, Rajen Gupta wrote: >> >>>i've noticed ever since i've been following computer chess that there is a >>>programming cycle at the end of which a particular programme gets exhausted and >>>then reaches a plateau.presumably the programmer has milked everything possible >>>from the programming technique he uses for his programme, after which unless he >>>tries something new, there is a flat line.this is esp true for the >>>champions-once a champion has lost his crown, he never makes a comeback; remains >>>a has been-genius; mcpro; rebel; hiarcs, >> now fritz is struggling to retain its >>>top spot with the twin assault from the 2 tigers! >> >>I do not see it. >>Genius was top programs for years and I believe that the reason it stopped to be >>a top program is the fact that richard lang stopped to develop his program. >HI URI: > >DID IT STOP IMPROVING BECAUSE HE STOPPED DEVELOPING IT OR IS IT THE OTHER WAY >ROUND AS MOST PEOPLE THINK? HE CONTINUES TO DEVELOP GENIUS FOR HAND HELDS >THOUGH, WHERE THERE ISN'T MUCH HEAT ! GENIUS 3 WAS THE BEST BUT HE SUBSEQUENTLY >RELEASED 4, 5. 6 AND 6.5 ALL OF WHICH WERE SAME OR SLIGHTLY WEAKER THAN G3 I do not think that he continued to develop it. I think that he sold people the illusion that he continued to develop it. > >REBEL 8 WAS NUMBER 1 AND ALL SUBSEQUENT REBELS HAVE REMAINED ROUGHLY SAME >STRENGHTH. Did you test Century3 against Rebel8 in order to find out? > >MCP MAY NOT HAVE BEEN 1 BUT BUT IT WAS 2 AND IT FAILED TO IMPROVE AFTER NUMBER >6.IT HAS NOW CEASED PRODUCTION. > >NIMZO 7.32 AND 8 ARE EXACTLY EQUAL. CHESSMASTER 5000 ONWARDS I GUESS ARE >BASICALLY UNIMPROVED. > >FRTIZ HAS CERTAINLY NOT REACHED A WALL AND MAY CONTINUE AT NUMBER 1 FOR A LONG >TIME BUT LIKE ALL OTHERS WILL EVENTUALLY REACH A WALL-MY PREDICTION. > >ONE GOOD THING I LIKE ABOUT HIARCS IS THAT IT RELEASES NEWER VERSIONS ONLY IF >THEY ARE STRONGER THAN THE PLDER ONES UNLIKE SOME OF THE ''TOP PROGRAMMERS'' WHO >KEEP RELEASING THE SAME OLD WINE IN NEW BOTTLES EVERY YEAR. It is the same for Junior. Uri
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