Author: Sandro Necchi
Date: 05:46:02 12/29/05
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On December 29, 2005 at 08:11:29, Franco wrote: >On December 29, 2005 at 07:23:05, Sandro Necchi wrote: >>I fully agree on this and when I saw it I saw the full point going to Zappa >>"unfortunately", but we just started working on the engine as our main goal is >>to win in Torino! (I hope to see you there as I am planning to make a short >>visit). >>>Ciao >>Sandro > >Well, I know that in Turin it will be a very speciale contest, but I'm no more >so interested in computer chess (Today is snowing and so I'm not at work...). I see..it was snowing in Lucca too...now we have the sun... > >Reading along the mex enclosed in this computer chat, I'm asking myself: what >about the '90 pioneers, Lang, Dan Beil, Ed, Marty, and so on ? Richard Lang does not work full time anymore on computer chess programs and he makes just changes on his program to make it suitable for palm etc... I believe he did not want to rewrite entirely his program to stay on the top...so he left the field. Ed retired and he still working on chess program as a hobby. Marty is still working on chess programs but not to commercialize a chess engine. He made a special program to let people play online, but than the company closed as they were loosinig too much money...now is working on a big project to create a teaching software to teach chess in the schools...he may will comeback to chess programs one day... Dan Beil I do not know... >Are all of them out of computer chess work ? > >In terms more general, I'm interested to know: they disapperead because > >1) there are a few of economic gratification with strongly and increasingly work >or because the leadership in computer chess programmation is too difficult ? No, one must be good in chess programming and in sales too to get enough money. Programmers like Marty are genius and can improve their programs if they want... >2) When the new generation is surpassing you with new concepts (nihil move, lazy >evalutazion, and so on.) , there is no hope to recover rewritng all the code? It depends...maybe just part of it... > >Could be this last an intereresting question to take a new message in this chat? Well, I guess I have partially answered... > >Bye bye >Franco >kanizsa@libero.it Ciao Sandro
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