Author: Tony Werten
Date: 23:32:18 01/20/02
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On January 20, 2002 at 14:40:08, Uri Blass wrote: >On January 20, 2002 at 12:25:29, Russell Reagan wrote: > >>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. > > >I do not understand what is the importance of the question where someone works >for the discussion. Certain workenvironments give acces to a lot of experienced programmers. Although it's not a sure it helps, it doesn't hurt either. Tony > >Uri
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