Author: pavel
Date: 05:12:14 09/23/02
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On September 23, 2002 at 08:06:12, Severi Salminen wrote: >>Now let me raise the question again. >> >>Q| Is it possible to write a chess program in such a short time (and not even >>visit this, or other, forum) that would play, atleast, at the par of some >>commercial engines? > >What is short time? According to Ruffian homepage: > >"How long did it take to develop? >Development started in 1998. It is developed by a single individual on his spare >time." > >4 years. Not that short to me...But hey, has anyone suggested that Per-Ola could >join CCC? Maybe if HE told us something about Ruffian, WE would not have to >speculate this much. > >Severi I think considering the fact that some of the programmers (commercials and amatuers) have spend a lot of time (ussually more than 10 years), and reached a stage (or not even so), that has been reached by ruffian in 4 yrs is remarkable; and thus could be considered as a "short time", comparable to the development phase of the other programs. Yes it would be really nice if he would join the board. I am preety much sure he knows about this board. I hope the ugly comments about the program (and programmer) made by some of the "wise" posters around here, didn't scare him away. cheers, pavs
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