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Subject: Re: Symbolic: Search, planning, and a prospective

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 11:29:58 03/15/04

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On March 15, 2004 at 14:00:15, Anthony Cozzie wrote:

>>-> the bottom line:
>>perhaps you are onto something great, we will see. until then, i (and i believe
>>many others here) prefer to think you are somewhere between slightly and stark
>>raving mad with your project goals. AFAIK you have absolutely nothing to show up
>>to now (lots of code, but i'd like to see some chess moves...). AFAIK your
>>engine has yet to make it's first move. it is a mystery to me how you can first
>>implement opening book and tablebase access before addressing the real problems
>>in your approach. it is also a mystery to me how you can spend lots of time
>>posting here about what your program will be able to do in the end, when it
>>can't do anything right now.
>>
>>good luck - you will need it...
>>  martin
>
>I think Symbolic is an interesting project, simply because it is different.
>Whether it works or (probably) doesn't work, it provides a new datapoint, and
>perhaps some new perspective.  However, Steven's *plans* for symbolic are not
>nearly as interesting as his *results*, and the former has been much more
>forthcoming than the latter.
>
>anthony


Well, the good news is that Steven's last name is not Botvinnik.  :)  I suspect
that he will eventually produce something, unlike the "Pioneer" project that
produced reams of promises and faked results...  :)



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