Author: Daniel Karlsson
Date: 08:21:59 06/02/99
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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.
>;-)
Maybe this time he should write the entire document IN CAPITALS AND USE LOTS OF
EXCLAMATION POINTS, SO PEOPLE WILL LISTEN!!!!!! Or something... ;-)
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