Author: Bernhard Bauer
Date: 07:15:55 05/25/04
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On May 25, 2004 at 09:47:57, Jorge Pichard wrote: >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 No super computer necessary. And yes I agree, Diep will perhaps never be Freeware. regards Bernhard
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