Author: Gian-Carlo Pascutto
Date: 14:47:18 12/05/02
Go up one level in this thread
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
This page took 0 seconds to execute
Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700
Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.