Author: Gian-Carlo Pascutto
Date: 22:43:15 10/30/03
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On October 31, 2003 at 00:33:11, Luis Smith wrote: >Also note that Shredder 7.04 wasn't "out of the box" >It was a download patch, with perhaps different settings or bug fixes. Is that >an "unfair advantage". I would be suprised if Stephan reccomended(sp?) those >to Tony and SSDF. Uh, why wouldn't he? Moreover, it's a free update for Shredder 7 that was done by Stefan himself. >Crafty, Gromit, and other engines were allowed to use general.ctg, you weren't >calling SSDF on that one either. You are wrong. There was a big complaint about Gromit, with a big complaint from Alex Kure, and the SSDF agreed it should not be done again. And now they're breaking that promise. >Besides rules and traditions change IMO this is a good thing. Most users of >these engines usually don't use default settings, so it makes sense to test the >popular ones. You are wrong. Most users do use the defaults. But I wouldn't mind the SSDF testing an engine with tweaked settings. I do seriously object to an engine being tested when it actually consists of _two_ commercial packages. -- GCP
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