Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 12:43:15 06/01/99
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On June 01, 1999 at 15:20:31, Dave Gomboc wrote:
>On June 01, 1999 at 13:08:59, Dann Corbit wrote:
>
>>Steven J. Edwards is working on an update right now. He recently asked for
>>input for that purpose. I expect that we should see a new revision shortly.
>>Sadly: very, very, very few programmers seem to be willing to take the time to
>>implement it correctly. This is strange, since the documentation is so clear,
>>well-written, and unambiguous. How many programs do you know of that chose
>>-10,000 {or some other odd value} to represent a checkmate, even though the
>>documentation clearly states that the correct value is -32767? And 100
>>centipawns should represent *one* pawn [FCOL]. After all, the prefix centi-
>>means hundredth.
>>
>>Sorry for the ranting spew. But I feel better now.
>>;-)
>
>The only input I noticed was Bruce Moreland asking him to provide a one-to-one
>mapping between informant annotation symbols and NAGs. Was there something
>else?
I sent him a whole bunch of requests via email.
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