Author: blass uri
Date: 21:57:25 01/06/99
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On January 06, 1999 at 18:43:38, Bert Seifriz wrote: > >>>>>Microsoft could probably have the strongest engine in the world in 2 years and >>>>>if they wanted to, >>> >>> >>>This is exactly the point. Why should Microsoft care to build a >>>chess engine? They do not have the slightest reason! >>>And if? They would either buy an existing company or >>>engage some of the chess programmers you already know. >>>After all why do you think the persons we know are in any >>>way inferior to a Microsoft engineer? >>>There are for example only a handful of persons in the world >>>who are able to program chess in assembly language! And these >>>are not MS engineers! Bert >> >>Sorry, but I'm absolutely sure that I *can* write reasonable >>good chess engine. Actually, I had done that 9 years ago (you >>can download Siberian Chess from GambitSoft chess site; > >Hi Eugene, >I know that because I put it there! > >>was not modified after 1991, I think; and then I knew much less, >>had no access to Western publications/experience, etc). Yes, >>it was written mainly in C, only absolutely time-critical parts >>of it were in assembly (first 8080, later I rewrote in 8086). >>But if necessary, I can write engine in "100% pure assembly". >> >>And I'm Microsoft engineer :-) > >I know that, too! What I wanted to say is that the chess programmers >around are in no way inferior to any other software engineers. >You certainly know >more about Microsoft than others who do not work there. But the original >question was somehow what MS could develop within a year. My >opinion is they could not overtake the current status of chess >programming within that time. Remember IBM's endless efforts with >Deep Blue. Although that was maybe more a hardware problem. >But when MS has more engineers with a past like you it might be >different!! Bert I remember that IBM did not use 1,000,000,000$ to decelop deep blue. You can do more with 1,000,000,000$. Uri
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