Author: James Robertson
Date: 14:06:14 02/15/99
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On February 15, 1999 at 15:17:08, Dann Corbit wrote: >On February 15, 1999 at 14:51:22, James Robertson wrote: > >>>On February 15, 1999 at 09:30:51, Micheal Cummings wrote: >>> >>>>Only give the codes to programmers who you contact or contact you, and you have >>>>some trust in. That should minimise any possible dangers, Do not release it to >>>>the public. I say keep it to yourself, and give it to only a few people you can >>>>trust. >>>Where does that put a new person who wants to learn? >> >>Let them download EXchess or TSCP. They are easier to understand and illustrate >>most of the standard chess algorithms, from hash tables to internal iterative >>deepening to winboard interrupt code. >So it seems we are willing to show something that is just less than state of >the >art and something that is simple. Suppose EXChess advances (and surely it >will). Now what? Could you have learned everything as quickly as you did >without having a working example to trace through? I had a completely working bitboard engine before I looked at Crafty, EXchess or Arasan source. Actually, I have learned more from TSCP (which is unlikely to advance) than I have from any other source. James > >I think everybody who has already learned does not seem to mind much if we lock >the door now. How would it have been if the decision were 5 years ago?
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