Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 10:39:28 12/28/98
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On December 25, 1998 at 21:36:42, Andrew Dados wrote: [snip] > Any 'standard' which is unreadable for humans is just plain wrong IMO. While >fen notation makes sense so you can copy/paste a position, why not just post >'+mate_12','-mate_5' as evaluation? Your numbers are made for computers, they >can be anything, why should I understand them? It's only unreadable to some humans. I can read it very easily. On the other hand, tools like EPD2DIAG can pick it up and display it very nicely for you. Usually, you are going to have the pv trail all the way out to the mate anyway. I suppose that 'unreadable' is in the eye of the beholder. In any case, 9999 is no more or less readable than 32767. Hence the departure from the standard in that particular regard is just plain stupid. You can always write your own standard to accomplish the same thing using plain language. If it is a worthy one, some people will try to use it. There are going to be some problems with describing things. After all, there are thousands of languages on the earth.
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