Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 19:24:22 03/09/05
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On March 09, 2005 at 21:38:10, Alex Newman wrote: >On March 09, 2005 at 21:23:43, Dann Corbit wrote: > >>On March 09, 2005 at 20:45:35, Alex Newman wrote: >> >>>On March 09, 2005 at 20:29:50, Dann Corbit wrote: >>> >>>>On March 09, 2005 at 20:27:09, Alex Newman wrote: >>>> >>>>>I can take the source code of Crafty and make an engine stronger then Crafty in >>>>>less then a week. >>>> >>>>And then two years later, the latest crafty will blow your doors off, no matter >>>>how much effort you put into your clone upkeep. >>>> >>>>That is from understanding one gear in the motor, but not even how to do a >>>>proper tune up. >>>> >>>>Believe It Or Not It's Crafty. >>> >>>I just wanted to point that excuse by Toga author that Toga is stronger then >>>Crafty doesn't mean anything. Anyone can do what he did with Toga. >>>It's slap in the face to all authors who spent years developing their engines. >>>Toga guy probably spent just a couple of months working on it. >> >>This is possible. It is also possible that he has been working for years or is >>very gifted. >> >>I think right now, we do not have all the facts. >> >>It is possible for someone to read the crafty code and read fruit code and write >>a very strong chess engine if they understood it. >> >>I think (from a standpoint of probability) that some copying may have taken >>place and maybe even blatant, wholesale cloning. But before making any >>judgements, we should collect all the facts and also the clear statements of the >>one claiming to be the author. >> >>Right now, the information we have is ambiguous at best. > >Evidence presented so far is more then enough for me. Did you read all the >posts? Yes. I am slower to pass judgement than most, probably. I am very hard to convince 'beyond reasonable doubt'.
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