Author: Fernando Villegas
Date: 16:36:43 10/20/98
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Hi: Besides all what has been said by the rest of poster here -that I endorse as correct- there is a couple of practical points to take into account. I mean, even if you are right -but I believe you are not- and softw. develpment will stop due to hardw. progress, nothing can be done as much in this as in any area of industrial or technological development what comands and have the grip is what gives more striking power, more eficiency. In fact, in the infinitely more important area of human survival we have not been capable of stoping arms races even if our lives are in stake because is a matter of fact that each side in a confrontation wants and need to ensure for himself the most destructive weapons the science can produces. In the more humble race of chess programmers hegemony, I do not see how you could convince people that is putting into stake his earnings or reputations to avoid this or that "unfair" technique if they get an edge with them. Impossible. The second fact is this: actual importante of hardware is only temporal. The simple fact that all have capabilities to use the same machines ensure that sooner or later the edge given by superior hardw. will vanish and so once and again softw. development will be necesary. Besides, I do not believe that even now such softw developmente has been stopped. Which are the facts you have to sustain such a thing.? fernando
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