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Subject: Re: Deep Junior 7, out performing Gary Kasparov ??

Author: stuart taylor

Date: 12:31:08 01/21/03

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On January 21, 2003 at 12:51:55, Uri Blass wrote:

>On January 21, 2003 at 10:08:08, Christophe Theron wrote:
>
>>On January 21, 2003 at 03:23:16, Derek Paquette wrote:
>>
>>>We all know that Deep Junior 7 has been modified, tweeked and probably half
>>>re-written since it was originally released in preparation for this game in New
>>>York vs Gary K
>>
>>
>>
>>Do you really believe that DJ7 has been half rewritten in preparation for this
>>match?
>>
>>Come on!
>
>He wrote:
>"We all know that Deep Junior 7 has been modified, tweeked and probably half
>re-written"
>
>modified and tweaked is what we all know
>probably means that the last part is only a guess of the poster.
>
>>
>>So please don't say "we all know". The only thing we all know now is that you
>>have no idea how much time and energy it would take to "half-rewrite" a complex
>>piece of software like DJ7... :)
>
>I guess like you that DJ7 was not half rewritten but there is more than a year
>from the release of DJ7 so everything is possible.
>
>Uri

I thought he was being funny, and that OF COURSE the program would have been
half-re-written (Half not necesarily meaning 50%), and that certainly wouldn't
have been too much for its authors to do, before challenging Kasparov.
S.Taylor



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