Author: Peter Kappler
Date: 22:02:53 10/05/99
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On October 06, 1999 at 00:43:57, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On October 06, 1999 at 00:13:52, Peter Kappler wrote: > >>On October 05, 1999 at 23:46:21, Dann Corbit wrote: >> >>>On October 05, 1999 at 23:17:17, Peter Kappler wrote: >>>[snip] >>>>Fair enough, I respect your decision, but then I think you should be willing to >>>>bite your tongue when people post their 'ponder=off' Winboard tournament >>>>results... >>> >>>I don't think he is obligated to: >>> >>>0. Program crafty the way others want it (myself included) >>> >>>1. Keep quiet if it is used improperly >>> >> >>I guess my point is that playing Winboard matches with ponder=off really >>shouldn't be considered "improper" use of the engine. >> >> >>>Crafty comes with source. *YOU* can alter it to make it do whatever you would >>>like. In fact, I have done so myself. I do lots of really screwy things like >>>make stupid opening books, etc. So I made some changes to accomodate my idiocy. >> >>> Or alternatively, write an engine that does exactly what you want. >> >>Thanks, I have already done this - and my desire to have it play "proper" >>winboard matches against Crafty is one of the reasons I responded to Bob's post. >> >>--Peter > > >I play such matches all the time. in xboard, check out the -fh -sh options. > >:) > >solves all the problems.... > >:) Yes, I know that Xboard (and even Winboard) can support multi-machine testing via rsh, but not all of us have access to multiple machines. Also consider that testing on 2 machines often introduces other inequalities (different processor speeds, bus speeds, etc). --Peter
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