Author: Melvin S. Schwartz
Date: 13:04:43 05/30/99
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On May 30, 1999 at 14:36:35, Mark Young wrote: >On May 30, 1999 at 14:23:19, José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba wrote: > >>Hi Mel, >> here it goes a fragment of a post by Dr. Hyatt you are constantly referring in >>the thread about SSDF testing: >> >>---------------------------------------------- >>On May 27, 1999 at 15:51:59, Prakash Das wrote: >> >>>Well, I still don't understand the point of this "world championship" then. Sure >>>, you can call it "hey, if nothing it will be fun", a "test of systems", etc. >>>But what are exactly is this exercise trying to prove? If program A on hardware >>>B, beats program D on hardware E - does that say much about A compared to B? >>>This belies the principles of science - you have to have a uniform platform >>>for all participants to make any kind of judgement. >> >> >>I don't understand what you don't understand. This is an "open" competition. >>Anything is allowed. Any sort of hardware and software combination that can >>play chess. It has _always_ been that way. It will always be that way. The >>question being asked is "what is the strongest electronic chessplayer on the >>planet?" Not "what is the strongest program?" Or "Who is best on equal >>hardware?" or anything else... >> >>---------------------------------------------- >> >> As you can see, you were attributing to Dr. Hyatt words by Prakash Das. >>José. > >As Homer Simpson would say in Mels place....DOH!! My dear fellow, You seem to enjoy starting an argument and pursuing it to no end. You also have some character flaw that makes you want to be insulting. Now, I will address your rather crude comment - no doubt from a rather rude individual. The fact I used the wrong author of my quote does not change my position. If you or Dr. Hyatt feel it is not important to test programs on equal software - have a nice day!
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