Author: Bob Durrett
Date: 14:57:17 02/12/04
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On February 12, 2004 at 15:25:19, Russell Reagan wrote: >On February 12, 2004 at 14:29:09, Bob Durrett wrote: > >>Incidentally, I do not see much discussion here about ideas for really new >>algorithms. > >It's a really hard problem that a lot of very smart people have spent a lot of >time thinking about. You yourself don't really offer any new ideas, but just >say, "we need new ideas." The problem is that there are a LOT of ideas out >there, and the great majority of them are way worse than what our current best >ideas are (alpha-beta, and its variants). Even if you hit on an idea that is >almost as good as alpha-beta, it won't cause much of a fuss, because it's still >not as good as alpha-beta, and the idea wouldn't be able to overcome inertia >unless it is actually better than alpha-beta at a minimum. But, Russell, you forget! I represent myself here in this forum as a "user." [I really AM a user.] I never claimed to be a chess programmer. I am also an avid reader of CCC bulletins. I like variety and like to read new Nobel Prize winning ideas every now and then. I'm merely "putting my order in" for the desired CCC "programming." : ) Bob D.
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