Author: Tony Werten
Date: 03:06:16 04/15/01
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On April 15, 2001 at 04:35:22, Christophe Theron wrote: >On April 14, 2001 at 18:22:21, Uri Blass wrote: > >>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. > > > >I think that Weiner sold this illusion to people. Hmm, so my urge to check if my wallet is still in my pants whenever I see him is grounded somewhere ? I thought I was just a bad person. Tony > > > Christophe > > > > >>>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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