Author: Thorsten Czub
Date: 01:29:10 12/09/01
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On December 08, 2001 at 16:14:39, Mogens Larsen wrote: >Don't sell yourself short ;-). >No, haven't got one. >Nope. >Nope. >But I do know that: >1) No evidence of improvement over the previous version. no evidence of improvement YOU would be able to measure with your prejudices. >2) According to Frank Quisinsky, which have been testing most of the Zarkov >versions, the strength hasn't improved compared to previous editions. same answer. the mountain is there, but you don't see it. blind prophets. >3) Not an overwhelming performance by Zarkov 4.5v in the tournament arranged by >Leo Dijksman. >Whether 4.5T is worse or better than its successors is difficult to estimate, exactly. >but I imagine that the author has hopes in that general direction. And if 4.5T >was that incredible then why was 4.5u and 4.5v released. why not. if he didn't know himself, he continues programming. i know a few programmers who are unable to find out about the strength of their versions. the normal procedure they do is let version x run against x+1. this way of course you cannot measure the progress between 2 versions. >Amen! >snip <facts> >The only surprise, and a mild one at that, was against Yace. Otherwise nothing >to shout about or even remotely significant enough for your speculation. nobody can help you. you are far from this stage. a blind prophet in a desert, waiting for the rain to come. >Regards, >Mogens
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