Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 12:42:49 02/16/05
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On February 16, 2005 at 12:01:59, Antonio Dieguez wrote: >On February 16, 2005 at 10:46:39, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >... >>If there is something that produces a single correct answer, such as "what is >>the set of moves for this position?" or "what is the updated chess position >>after making or unmaking this move?" or "what is the expected (SEE) win/loss for >>capturing on this square?" or "is the king in check?" then there is little >>reason to worry about those parts being copied, because copied or written from >>scratch, they by necessity produce exactly the same answer. But the eval and >>search don't have that characteristic. > >but of course it is unfair. There are competitions with chess programs, and if >one author let say that copies that code or writes the exact equivalent code, he >loses his own pride but wins time and effort. I personally don't like to say >"there is little reason to worry about those parts being copied", as if it were >something normal, many won't like that I suposse, because what i said, or >because considering the chess program a pure personal jewel, even including the >parts you mention, or whatever. > >sólo un estropajo sucio que tuvo la suerte de encarnar un día en un ser humano. That's an argument. But I use scanf(), printf(), pthread_create(), fseek(), random64() and lots of other things I didn't write. So does everyone else. Does that affect whether Crafty is my work product or not????
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