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Subject: Re: fritz once again leads from the front in the fight against the human rac

Author: Peter Kappler

Date: 17:37:54 07/01/99

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On July 01, 1999 at 18:18:18, Paul Richards wrote:

>On July 01, 1999 at 14:20:31, Peter Kappler wrote:
>
>>On July 01, 1999 at 10:59:03, Rajen Gupta wrote:
>>
>>>that this is not 40/2 and therefore doesn't mean anything. By the way fritz
>>>still reigns supreme in the SSDF and has seen off of all the newer challengers
>>>every time. give me fritz any day.
>>
>>Actually it appears that Hiarcs 7.32 will be the new king.  Have you seen all
>>the test results that have been posted here recently?
>
>Please.  I understand that human nature dictates that everyone wants to see a
>super program come along and be a world-beater.  With every new version of
>something people wonder, "Is this The One?".  Many of the constant posts about
>Hiarcs are supported by testing of dubious merit, but that doesn't stop anyone
>from posting.


Ehh... what makes them of "dubious merit"?  Do you think the people are posting
false reports?  A big conspiracy against Fritz, perhaps?  Please.


> Nobody knows how Hiarcs compares to this new Fritz anyway.  If it
>is the WCCC version it may have improvements along with a good number of bugs.


But I wasn't comparing Hiarcs 7.32 to Fritz 6.  We have no idea what we'll see
in Fritz 6, or Hiarcs 8 for that matter.  My post was specifically about Fritz
5.32 vs Hiarcs 7.32.


--Peter






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