Author: Uri Blass
Date: 03:29:07 10/25/02
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On October 25, 2002 at 06:09:04, Sune Fischer wrote: >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 Older versions simply do no longer represent what the 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. No I did not think only about crafty. There were other cases when programmers released versions with no improvement or at least it is not clear if there was an improvement: Gandalf,Nimzo,Mchess,Genius Uri
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