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Subject: Re: why write a fast chess program ?

Author: Russell Reagan

Date: 17:55:54 08/17/02

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On August 17, 2002 at 18:26:33, Engin Üstün wrote:

>i am thinking it is not so difficult as you think, in the past the humans sad
>"we can't fly" and now the human "can fly" with some experements and knowledge.
>
>you must only have the know how!

You also need more people to think it's important enough to work on. Most of us
do computer chess as a hobby. There are but a handful of people in the world who
are free to work on their program all day, everyday (if they want). Since those
few people probably aren't willing to stop working on their chess engines that
are among the best in the world to pursue what has been shown to be a lost cause
in the past, I hardly think it's worth comparing it to the invention of the
airplane.

Or in simpler terms...

There were probably many people working on the invention of the airplane, and
they probably all thought it was very important. Lots of people with the drive
to get the job done.

There are a handful of people working on computer chess, and none think creating
a "super evaluation function" is of vital importance at the moment. Very few
people (if any) who have little (if any) drive to get this job done.

In short, don't hold your breath.

Russell



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