Author: José Carlos
Date: 00:07:30 09/22/99
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On September 21, 1999 at 21:15:27, Pete Galati wrote: >On September 21, 1999 at 19:58:48, José Carlos wrote: > >>On September 21, 1999 at 16:01:47, Pete Galati wrote: >> >>>On September 21, 1999 at 12:45:00, Nicolas Carrasco wrote: >>> >>>>Thanks, >>>> >>>>I want to confess you that I can`t study Crafty, because it is for very advanced >>>>chess programers! >>> >>>Crafty is also great for people like me who know even less probably about >>>programming than you do, it's very well commented (I have not looked through it >>>for a while though) and just about anything that you can think of, there's >>>examples of it in Crafty >>> >>>I'd consider Crafty a great open book full of C code, it's hard to beat, and it >>>plays a hell of a game of Chess too (v16.18 just smokes) >>> >>>Pete >> >> Yes, Crafty is very well commented, but it's still too complicated to start >>with it. If my opinion insterest anyone, I'd recommend starting implementing the >>code from very general (and sometimes stupid, at least mine :)) and writing a >>super-simple chess program. That's the way you start understanding what's >>happening all along the search tree. >> Next task is improve it, always from abstract ideas. >> When you have enough experience, then you're ready to study other people >>programs. >> If you don't start from the begining, it's true that you can write a strong >>program from other people sources, but you will not be able to improve it much, >>cause you won't understand the way the program works. >> Just my opinion. >> >> José C. > >Are you José C. of the Averno program? I like Averno, it plays a good game of >Chess, a very good first release. It's not very strong yet but it wins against >me. > >Pete Yes, I am. Thanks for saying good words of my program. I know it's still weak, but I'm patient... very patient. :) José C. >> >> >>> >>>> >>>>On September 21, 1999 at 09:34:25, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>>> >>>>>On September 21, 1999 at 00:51:01, Nicolas Carrasco wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>Dear guys, >>>>>> >>>>>>I only want to thank you for helping me, I hope one day I can help other or >>>>>>maybe u. I also want to tell Tom Kerrigan, Bob Hyatt and all other guys that got >>>>>>mad with me that I am sorry. >>>>> >>>>>I didn't "get mad with you". I only pointed out that most here aren't going >>>>>to write code for you when it is alread publicly available. We help debug, >>>>>we try to provide new ideas and new data, etc... >>>>> >>>>>But there simply isn't time to write a lot of code on demand... >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>NOTE: UruChess website will be ONLINE SOON! And it will be the first Uruguayan >>>>>>Chess Engine! >>>>>> >>>>>>Thanks to all, >>>>>> >>>>>>Especially to Tom Kerrigan(for doing TSCP), Brian Richardson, Bas Hamstra, José >>>>>>Carlos >>>>>> >>>>>>THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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