Author: Frank Quisinsky
Date: 01:04:02 01/21/04
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On January 21, 2004 at 03:29:57, Uri Blass wrote: >On January 21, 2004 at 03:08:57, Jon Mitchell wrote: > >>On January 21, 2004 at 01:37:51, Jouni Uski wrote: >> >>>So what's the explanation for this result: >>> >>>http://www.f22.parsimony.net/forum41668/messages/27486.htm >>> >>>This was played on P4 2,6 without pondering and 12 moves common book. >>> >>>Other tournamets like WBEC have put Ruffian clearly lower. Hmm. Is it pondering, >>>book, CPU type, level, chance, manipulation, cheating. Who can repeat this? >>> >>>Jouni >> >> >>first,before releasing,they said Ruffian 2 is improved version of Ruffian Leiden >>Later,Ruffian Leiden better than Ruffian 2? >>i dont know > >I do not know but using the name Ruffian2 to a version that you are not sure if >it is better than previous available version is not a professional behaviour. > >My opinion is that if you release something without being sure if it is better >then you should use the word beta in the name of the engine. > >If I decide to release more than one version of movei when I am not sure which >version is better then I will use the name beta for the later version. > >Uri Hi Uri, in this case we have 212 freeware beta versions :-) Best Frank
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