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Subject: Re: Uses of corrupt data ...

Author: Vincent Diepeveen

Date: 17:33:49 06/08/04

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On June 08, 2004 at 11:03:28, GuyHaworth wrote:


Nah it is just confusion which happens so much in software world.

Wilhelm probably doesn't use the latest nalimov c++ code. For each new generated
EGTB, nalimov must fix by hand his code. So code released now won't run KPPKPP
when it is generated i guess. Only after it is generated a new file gets
released with crafty which then runs it fine.

My guess is that this is just what happened there too.



>It's an interesting technique, but can you give examples of Chessbase using it.
>
>
>Surely, they can't be changing the DTM EGT files themselves, as that would
>change the MD5sum signature and cause WILHELM to cry 'fault'.
>
>Being able to check your MD5sum file-signature is a guard against a fault in the
>publication process, of which there has been a recent example.
>
>g



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