Author: Matthias Gemuh
Date: 07:51:36 11/28/03
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On November 28, 2003 at 10:20:42, Rick Rice wrote: >I feel that people really don't need anything more than TSCP to get started. >After that, they should do their own theoretical research, to take their program >to a higher level. Crafty hasn't really helped much, than promote plagiarism. >Prof. Hyatt should do the chess programming community a favor by removing the >source code from his web site. Instead, some articles by him about chess >programming theory should suffice. This way, people will not be doing a >wholesale cut-n-paste. > >Just my 2 cents worth. I could be wrong. What do you all think?? > >Regards, >Rick Too late ! Nobody can clean the internet of Crafty source code. And there is also Amy, Pepito, Phalanx, ... Cloners have a gene defect, which permits them to feel satisfaction when their clones are using the "stolen" strength successfully in tournaments. I however feel it is OK to "steal" FirstBit(), LastBit(), BitCount(), Random() and AlphaBeta() algorithms/code. /Matthias.
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