Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 09:53:19 12/03/01
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On December 03, 2001 at 07:57:11, José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba wrote:
>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.
I did not think I would have to answer this question.
No I have not changed my mind. The SSDF is doing a wonderful job and I support
them totally.
We have no better source of information regarding the real strength of chess
programs at tournament time controls.
I trust their results.
That's why I'm confident that they are going to fix the problem.
Christophe
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