Author: Jorge Pichard
Date: 06:47:57 05/25/04
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On May 25, 2004 at 09:13:17, Bernhard Bauer wrote: >On May 25, 2004 at 08:24:27, Djordje Vidanovic wrote: > >>On May 25, 2004 at 06:02:26, Jorge Pichard wrote: >> >>>There has to be a reason why DIEP has not been released to the public either >>>commercially or Free. Could it be a Crafty Clone? >>> >>>Jorge >> >> >>My Spanish namesake, though I can understand the little devil in you, you are >>very wrong. Diep has always been a highly original program ever since 1993 or >>94 when I first had it on my computer. And it's commercial... Took a good look >>at it -- has no relation whatsoever with Crafty. >> >>Djordje > >No, DIEP can never be a crafty clone. The contrary makes sense. >As it's clear from many posts Vincent did, he was the one who invented >null-move, double null-move, hash tables SMP programming, NUMA programming and >many search technologies. Sorry if I forgot other major inventions. Everything >in Crafty is more or less wrong. That's why people prefer older Crafty versions >as they contain less bugs. >Diep is allready in same class with Fritz, Shredder, Junior and others. It's >commercial. Of course it is in the same class, if you combine DIEP with a SUPER Computer as it has been done in previous tournament. But using DIEP with a computer that has the same processing power Ruffian, Diep will never be close to the best Freeware available. Jorge
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