Author: Richard Pijl
Date: 07:59:51 01/30/03
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On January 30, 2003 at 10:49:31, Albert Bertilsson wrote: >Since I'm not a very experienced programmer I won't argue wether or not this >project has any potential. But... > >I would like you here to recognice two things: > >Not doing very much examining work is not all a bad thing, it might get you some >very fresh idéas on how to do things. If they are lucky they might something >that can be used in other engines to improve the performance. And even if they >don't they may end up with an engine that at least play some poor chess, and >they might learn something. #Chess is not a strong engine, but it's only my >first attempt, if I enjoy it I'll start a new project that will hopefully be >better. > >Regarding the naming issue, it's a blunder but is you attempt to write a chess >engine I really think they can find out how to rename some files too (and create >a new project at sourceforge). > >I really think that some comments on this forum (the small minority but still >some) express an elitistic or competetive opinion, that might discourage people >from giving it a try them selves. I really think that for computer chess to >evolve and exist for many years on, we all must contribute to leading more >programmers to the field, otherwise in 20 years all that's left might be a >couple of diehards that's considered mad by everybody else. > >So wish him good luck instead, and hope that the "other yace" really becomes the >first of the next generation of chess engines. > >Regards Albert Bertilsson I just took a peek in the CVS for the project: - It's inactive for 8 months - The few files in it contain not much but copyright headers. Looks like a project 'on hold' to me ... Richard.
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