Author: pavel
Date: 17:20:38 09/19/02
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On September 19, 2002 at 20:00:26, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >Of course not. One was proven to be _another_ clone. :) (A commercial >engine, in fact). I wasn't saying that _only_ Crafty can be copied. But it >has happened to Crafty enough times already to make anyone think that it will >probably happen again. > >And again, my point is this: A new engine doesn't suddenly arrive playing at >the top. Someone _always_ knows about it, even if it isn't publicly playing >games. And when it shows up, they will usually say (then) "I knew this was >going to be a good engine as I have seen it for a year now..." or something >similar. IE "brutus" from Chessbase. Rumors floated for a year. > >Something new can come out of the dark. But not very often. Which was the >original point... I understand your point. But it is not impossible to believe that a program can be so strong but not everyone know about it. Yace, List are good examples. cheers, pavs
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