Author: Uri Blass
Date: 07:11:34 07/22/04
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On July 22, 2004 at 09:55:46, Albert Silver wrote: > >>>If a programmer wants to find out the real strength of his program in comparison >>>to strong humans GM, he or the team should test his program against a team of >>>players like the Argentinian before it is released, not after, and in that case >>>the weakeness of the program nor its opening responses would not ne anticipated >>>in advanced. >> >>I agree but commercial programmers prefer to sell their program and not to get >>correct rating for it. >> >>Uri > >How big a difference would it necessarily make? Today's top programs are in >their Nth generation, and many times the engine isn't really so different from >the previous. FOr example, despite not doubting for a minute that Shredder 8 is >stronger than Shredder 7.04, are its replies so different that preparation would >necessarily be so hard? > > Albert SMK had to think about it earlier. He did not have to sell previous versions but he prefered to make money. Now it is too late to get reliable rating for Shredder and the best candidate that I can think about to get a rating that we can trust is falcon(unfortunately I do not expect it to play in human tournaments). Uri
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