Author: Russell Reagan
Date: 09:25:29 01/20/02
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On January 20, 2002 at 09:56:43, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >On January 20, 2002 at 09:28:51, Bas Hamstra wrote: > >>A dutch saying. I "converted" a colleague that has become a friend at work, I'm >>not entirely sure that this is a noble thing. He is pretty smart and has a broad >>interest. So we talked a few times about the insides of a chess program. He >>became interested and I explained alphabeta. The next day he had alphabeta >>completely figured out in a spreadsheet, and understood it. Two weeks later, he >>has a working winboard engine... Boy HE goes fast. In May (if there is a Leiden >>tournament again) he will show up with "Shark". His main target is to crush Tao >>:-) At first I smiled, and said that is was quite possible in a couple of years. >>But lately I am beginning to get the feeling that it might be sooner :-) Have >>you ever seen someone pick it up SO quickly...? > >IIRC Bruce started on Ferret in 1994 and had (from his own comments) an engine >that could have been commerical by the end of 1995. I think that's certainly >a remarkable archievement, especially considering that seven years ago there >was much less information and examples available. Bruce works for Microsoft. He doesn't count. >-- >GCP
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