Author: Harald Faber
Date: 00:54:07 01/29/99
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On January 29, 1999 at 00:34:54, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>>I didn't realize it took a mathematical genius to figure out the next term in >>>this 'series'. But it goes like this: the most recently released program will >>>pop to the top of the SSDF nearly every time. The reason? It is called "auto- >>>232"... > >sure... take your new program, lash it up using auto232 to play against the >currently available programs. Tune until you win more than you lose. Then >release that version... and pop to the top of the SSDF. Until the next >programmer has a chance to get your new program, lash it up with auto232, and >test/tune against it... An endless circle... Most commercial guys seems to >have multiple machines doing this 24 hours a day. Ed once wrote that he had >8 machines doing such non-stop. Others are doing the same I'm sure... The problem is how else could a programmer find out improvements? It is hard to play dozens of games against human GM(s), nearly impossible. So the easiest and fastest way is to auto232play although one can't say that playing CHESS improved but playing other COMPUTER opponents. THAT is the main point!
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