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Subject: Re: Game 21 should be scored as a win for Shredder!

Author: Gian-Carlo Pascutto

Date: 14:47:18 12/05/02

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On December 05, 2002 at 17:44:19, Dave Gomboc wrote:

>On December 05, 2002 at 16:26:44, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:
>
>>On December 05, 2002 at 12:59:52, Uri Blass wrote:
>>
>>>It is something that the programmer has control over.
>>>A lot of customers use part of the tablebases so programs should know to play
>>>only with part of them.
>>
>>It's not about having part of the tablebases. It's about having
>>specific combinations that will not work. I'd be surprised if
>>any program actually ships with a set that causes problems like
>>this.
>>
>>>If they do not know then it is the programmer's fault.
>>>I agree with jouni uski here.
>>
>>Well, Shredder violently complains about it, as do most
>>programs.
>>
>>>I did not implement tablebases in movei but when I decide to do it I am going >to do it in a correct way.
>>
>>You will have the exact same problem then. This has nothing to do with
>>supporting them correctly - it's an explicit messup on part of the user
>>you have to specifically take into account.
>>
>>--
>>GCP
>
>I read here about one commercial which shipped with KRPKR but without the
>promotion databases for it.  I don't recall which it was, though.
>
>Dave

The interesting question is then whether the engine had this problem or not :)

--
GCP



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