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Subject: Re: What is a root node processor?

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 06:52:27 10/02/01

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On October 02, 2001 at 09:46:06, Steve Maughan wrote:

>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.

It was also with Junior4.6 and Junior5.

  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.

I know it

Junior and Gandalf are probably the only top programs that are not pre
processors.

Uri



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