Author: Sune Fischer
Date: 03:09:04 10/25/02
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On October 25, 2002 at 05:57:35, Uri Blass wrote: >On October 25, 2002 at 05:50:07, Sune Fischer wrote: > >>On October 25, 2002 at 00:10:20, Aloisio Ponti Lopes wrote: >> >>I don't like format either, in principle Christophe could make Tigers 15_a, 15_b >>and 15_c (minor updates of some form) and take the first three spots with, >>basicly, the same program! >> >>It is pretty rediculous, one author - one entry! >> >>I think they are doing it like that for users with old versions, they would like >>to see how much better the new version is, should they go out and buy it or not, >>that sort of thing. For that you need the comparison with previous versions. >> >>Personally I am only interested in "how well does the lastest program X compare >>to latest program Y". Older versions simply do no longer represent what the >>author is capable of and are therefore NOT interesting. >> >>-S. > >They are interesting and there are cases when the older version is better so the >new program does not represent what the author is capable because he proved that >he was capable of more than the new version. > >Uri I assume you are thinking of Crafty? In that case I think Crafty is geared towards human games and not towards eng-eng matches. Hyatt has added special anti-human knowledge AFAIK, my guess is that that stuff is counter productive in eng-eng matches, but if the play against humans is better then who cares about eng-eng matches? Remember the SSDF measures only eng-eng performance. I consider eng-eng matches only to be a tool in the development of the engine, doing well in eng-eng matches is not a goal in itself IMO. -S.
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