Author: Tony Hedlund
Date: 03:58:14 08/27/02
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On August 26, 2002 at 15:51:31, pavel wrote: >On August 26, 2002 at 12:34:13, Tony Hedlund wrote: > >>On August 26, 2002 at 11:13:53, Peter Berger wrote: >> >>>On August 26, 2002 at 10:31:37, Tony Hedlund wrote: >>> >>>>>But Gromit belongs in neither category - it isn't availlable at all but it is >>>>>privateware. >>>> >>>>It's on the Young Talents CD. And the testing is to decide if it's a top engine, >>>>isn't it? >>> >>>The Gromit version on the Young Talents CD is 3.1, not tested by you and very >>>much outdated ( in the meantime the authors have released a much more current >>>freeware version 3.8.2(availlable on http://www.pocketgrandmaster.com)). The >>>Gromit authors explicitly stated that there are currently no plans to make their >>>current version availlable to the public. >>> >>>That's the reason why I was surprised by your decision to test it for SSDF list >>>when for example the probably strongest and availlable amateur program Yace >>>hasn't been tested yet. >> >>If it hasn't been tested, how can you say that it's "probably the strongest"? >>;-) >> >>Tony > > >It's as "probably the strongest" (among amatuers) as, Fritz7 being "probably the >strongest" in SSDF. > >I thought your question was a joke, because everyone who is familiar with >freeware programs knows (for a fact), that YACE is the strongest out there, and >that too for a LONG time now... It _was_ a joke. I know that Yace probably are the strongest amateur program. >I too don't understand why YACE is not being tested while Gromit is being >tested, note that I don't have anything against Gromit. > >If the reason is that the author of the program didn't ask you to test it, than >it is not a good reason, because I don't believe that every program in the SSDF >list was tested because the programmer asked for it. >It was most probably done on "popularity" basis, if that is the case than YACE >is not less popular than most of the programs in SSDF list. > >I have asked many many times in this forum why YACE is not being tested >considering the fact that Crafty is, every single time it was unanswered by >anyone from SSDF. To be honest, neither do I know why we haven't tested Yace yet. >I once asked Dieter why doesn't he ask SSDF to test YACE, he said something >like, "SSDF being a private testing group, and it is their choice what to test >and what not to test". Perhaps Dieter could drop me or Thoralf a line. I think we have time to test another amateur program. Tony >cheers, >pavs
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