Author: Paul Richards
Date: 15:45:57 03/28/99
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On March 28, 1999 at 14:12:26, Bruce Moreland wrote: >>It is not a surprise that Top programs are better than crafty because the >>source code of crafty is free and can help other programmers when the >>source code of top programs is not free. > >I think that it is fair, when judging a program, to consider, in addition to >raw chess strength, how much the author has done to assist others to improve >their own programs, and clearly Bob Hyatt is at the top of that particular >list. Well the sentiment is understood, but of course one has little to with the other in performance terms. It's an interesting question what people get out of Crafty source. For example I am not a chess programmer, so for me the source code of the latest Crafty is way over my head, even though I understand C. To learn how it plays chess I would probably do better to look at Crafty 3.0 or something and work my way up. For someone who is already a professional chess programmer, does he still learn new things from the latest Crafty source? If not then whom is it teaching? For most people it's too complicated, and they should start with Crafty 1.0. But they go for the latest and greatest even though they won't understand it, and naturaly they end up just taking it and tweaking bits here and there. The real question is does Crafty source still need to be published for teaching purposes? I don't believe so. If you don't get it after all the previous versions being published you never will. If I were in Dr. Hyatt's shoes I would keep my new stuff secret from now on. "Competition Crafty". Make a PC-optimized version and compete with the commercial programs. If you dust everybody then you can decide if you want to release your new wazoo techniques for the betterment of all. In other words I would hole up and concentrate on kicking ass. :)
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