Author: José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba
Date: 04:57:11 12/03/01
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On December 01, 2001 at 23:06:28, Christophe Theron wrote: > >I'm sorry but this is the responsability of the testers. > >It is common knowledge of programmers that 12Kb of hash tables is inferior to >192Mb. > >So if the tester wants to use 12Kb of hash table, should the program: >1) use 12Kb? >2) refuse to run? >3) use 192Mb no matter what? > >I can already hear the complains if I program 2 or 3... > >There are many ways to set up a program incorrectly. The programs generally are >able to catch a number of common cases, but not all of them. > >And some of the incorrect setups for long time controls can be absolutely >correct in some other circumstances (tests on positions only, bullet games...). > >What is the SSDF testing? The real strength of chess programs or their ability >to recover from bad setups? > > > > Christophe I remember that in the past you strongly supported the SSDF. Have you changed your mind? José.
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