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Subject: Re: What is a root node processor?

Author: Steve Maughan

Date: 06:46:06 10/02/01

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Uri,

>Junior was not considered to be a preprocessor.

I have heard some on this forum say it is a preprocessor but I was sceptical

>It is known to have a stable evaluation from the first commercial
>version(Junior4.6)

I didn't explain it well.  Yes Junior has always had a good sound and stable
evaluation.  However in Junior 7 it is *AMAZING* how similar the evaluation is
from one move to the next.  I have seen Junior 7 stick with an exact evaluation
for seven consecutive moves!  Even Tiger or Shredder don't exhibit this type of
behavior.

>Amir admitted that Junior6 did some preprocessing but he said that it is a
>problem that he is going to correct and he corrected it in Junior7.

It one of my favourites!



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