Author: Bob Durrett
Date: 17:19:39 12/19/02
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On December 19, 2002 at 20:03:19, Russell Reagan wrote: >On December 19, 2002 at 12:43:19, Bob Durrett wrote: > >>For someone who is already a proficient programmer, there is still those three >>years of "internship." Maybe it's OK for an intern to think of new ideas and >>new goals occasionally, but their primary objective must be "coming up to >>speed." Too much innovative thinking, other than innovation in coding >>["implementation"] would be counter-productive for them. > >I have gotten stuck in this rut many times. I get way ahead of myself, coming up >with ideas to try out for forward pruning or evaluation, only to realize that I >am still working on the move generator (or whatever). It kind of takes the wind >out of your sails when you have this idea you're itching to try out, but you >have to go chase down a bug in your move generator. Yuck. Fortunately for you, as you have already reported here, you have a super good habit of writing down your ideas before they go away. In due time, you may find time to make some of them a reality. Who knows? YOU may be the next "Gary Kasparov" of computer chess programming, and the old guys, like Hyatt, will "just fade off into the sunset." : ) Bob D. > > >>So, the real question, then, is about the programming goals of the >>"full-fledged" chess programmers like Hyatt, and a select few others. [Who?] >> >>What are these accomplished chess programmers working on nowadays? > >I don't know what "they" are working on, but if I were them, here is what I'd be >working on. Theories develop over time. A theory is put forward, and it either >sticks of it doesn't. If it sticks, then eventually people find holes in it, and >over time those holes continually get patched up. At some point, all of those >patches become messy, and someone comes up with a new theory that will take care >of all of those "special cases". Then the process happens all over again, and we >have progress. I haven't been involved in computer chess for very long, but it >seems like there isn't a whole lot of inovative progress happening lately. Just >patching those holes. I would be looking for a new theory. > >>The "Fritz programmers" are clearly in the business of trying to stay on top. >>It seems that they are really just barely staying ahead of the pack but not for >>long. I would HATE to be trying to stay on top! > >Maybe Bobby Fischer had the right idea. Show everyone that you are the best, >then vanish. No doubt that you'd burn out at some point if you put everything >you've got into something for a long time. > >Russell
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