Author: Ricardo Gibert
Date: 11:46:59 09/19/02
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On September 19, 2002 at 14:20:12, Robert Hyatt wrote: >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... I hope you realize that you have essentially *publicly* leveled an accusation without presenting any evidence. I would prefer in such cases that either an investigation be conducted discretely or a wait and see policy be followed.
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