Author: Uri Blass
Date: 03:41:38 06/03/03
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On June 02, 2003 at 18:42:38, John Merlino wrote: >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 Or maybe there is and they simply did not think about it. Uri
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