Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 11:20:12 09/19/02
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On September 19, 2002 at 11:47:01, Sune Fischer wrote: >On September 19, 2002 at 11:24:49, Robert Hyatt wrote: >> >>The only thing that concerns me is that anytime a brand new and unheard-of >>engine pops up, it is cause for concern _and_ suspicion. It might be perfectly >>legitimate, who knows. But remember "voyager", "le petite", "bionic impact", >>"gunda" and others? >> >>Jumping way up to near the front of the pack is not easy. Doing it without >>ever having been to a public event is even more unlikely. >> >>It would be interesting to examine the executable if anyone has a copy, to >>avoid the suspicions before they start to grow... > >That suspicion is natural, but if this engine really is that strong, then he >must have improved a lot on Crafty or whatever code he used. >There has been many Crafty clones, but no one actually stronger than Crafty >AFAIK, so Ruffian is really not your average clone in that case. > It depends. IE on any given day, crafty can beat anybody, or be beaten by anybody. Look at the results for "Le Petite". It looked very strong. Yet it was an absolute copy... >But apart from that, have you ever really gone over all the open source programs >out there, and what about the CCC archives? There is plenty of information >available to build a mighty strong engine. I don't think it could be done in 6 >months, but who knows how much time he spent on it, hopefully it was a good >decade ;) > >-S. That's the point. I can't imagine someone working on an engine, in a vacuum, for a decade, before anyone finds out about it. I can't imagine anyone writing a program in 6 months that would come close to beating _any_ top program. Anything is possible, I will agree. But the probability is so low that it will make people wonder...
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