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Subject: Re: Is it time for the Winboard Protocol to go the way of the Dodo?

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 19:17:27 03/10/05

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On March 10, 2005 at 12:30:07, Ingo Bauer wrote:

>Hi
>
>>>PS: If these are you points I now hope for a UCI Crafty again! :-)
>>
>>Don't hold your breath.
>
>Pitty! :-)
>
>>The "ponder changes" are serious modifications to
>>crafty.  It always ponders, it doesn't wait for the GUI to tell it to "ponder".
>>
>>I don't see how "ponderhit" can possibly work if the engine doesn't ponder the
>>move the GUI told it to ponder.  If I am pondering something different, then
>>"ponderhit" is meaningless and wrong...
>
>Other engines just ignore a "ponderhit" and do "whatever they want". It might
>not be "nice" but it works perfectly!
>
>Bye
>Ingo

What about "don't provide analysis if pondering a different move from what the
GUI supplied?"  That alone shows something is broken...




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