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Subject: Re: Do chess programs have a soul ?

Author: José Carlos

Date: 10:20:13 05/06/99

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On May 06, 1999 at 12:54:21, Christophe Theron wrote:

>On May 05, 1999 at 13:26:43, jose hernandez wrote:
>
>>For example Are a knowledge program like Rebel or Hiarcs better in blitz games
>>than a Fastest programs like Fritz or Junior ?
>>
>>or a Knowledge program is better in long controls than a fastest programs ?
>>
>>What do you think?
>
>Obviously you missed the thread about "knowledge" programs.
>
>You CANNOT say that Junior has less knowledge than Hiarcs just by looking at the
>node per second measure. You could not even say so if you had the source code of
>both programs.
>
>I thought it was clear that "knowledge program" means nothing (or at least that
>a definition is still missing). Dave Gomboc tried to give the begining of a
>definition, and he has credits for this. His idea was interesting, but
>unfortunately I did not find the time to reply.
>
>For me your question sounds a little bit like:
>
>  "Do chess programs have a soul?"
>

  Mine has   :)

>
>    Christophe

  José C.



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