Author: John Merlino
Date: 15:42:38 06/02/03
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On June 02, 2003 at 15:57:40, Uri Blass wrote: >On June 02, 2003 at 15:37:21, John Merlino wrote: > >>On June 02, 2003 at 14:52:33, Jim Bodkins wrote: >> >>>As a result of this comment from Da Konig at Leiden .. >>> >>>"I changed only some minor things, I think that it is very difficult to improve >>>the program further. If I start changing things, the program may get weaker". De >>>Koning does not want to play in the world championship this year in Graz. "No, I >>>don´t want to play there, I want to play Amazons with my program in the >>>Olympiad, take a look at the chess games and relax a bit. A world championship >>>is a lottery. However, I think that my program would play very well there, it is >>>a strong program, of course." >>> >>>... it appears that TheKing is no longer intended to be competative but is >>>instead relagated to a role as an appliance. (Maybe that pays better. It seems >>>like a said end to a competative engine however). >> >>You have missed the point/truth behind both statements. >> >>The first one merely says that it is "very difficult to improve the program" and >>that IF he starts changing things the program may get weaker. This is true for >>ANY commercial program. > >It is not clear that it is true for every commercial program. >The fact that a program plays well does not mean that it is very difficult to >improve it. > >Uri You may be right, but I would generally suspect that it IS true. I would tend to believe that most commercial programmers have spent many MANY long and hard hours (since they are being paid for their work) on tweaking every aspect of their program to improve both the play and the performance. I doubt that there is anything left on their respective lists that is both easy to implement and will provide a definite improvement. If there was, it would have been done by now. jm
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