Author: Christopher A. Morgan
Date: 12:21:12 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 Uri, Exactly! I have found this whole discussion re 2.0 vs Leiden very odd. They admit it was an early version, and not tested, and that Leiden is probably better. Maybe OK if the engine is free, but for a commercial engine where we pay good money for it, that is just not acceptable. Chris
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