Author: James Robertson
Date: 00:12:36 07/26/99
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On July 24, 1999 at 18:26:35, Charles Unruh wrote: > > > I vote to Boycott any program that won't let itself be published by SSDF. I'm >tired of the true reason behind this. Which is best stated as "If I can't be #1 >don't put me on the list at all". Play the best chess is all you have to do. CM >isn't tuned against any program, doesn't have any special opening book, no >learning features, and yet it sits practically atop Everest. I don't even care >if they went as far as to say well test the prog like CM manually instead of >with an Autoplayer. Don't sit around trying to tell people they can't publish a >FREE non profit resource on the results of a program. As for the SSDF they >should never have let theirselves be bullied into listing secret programs in the >first place. There is considerable debate as to the quality of the SSDF testing. If your program cannot come on top, it is quite possible that it is not your fault. You must take this into account when voting that we boycott all programs that refuse to join a possibly bogus list. James
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