Author: KarinsDad
Date: 07:05:55 10/29/99
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On October 29, 1999 at 03:24:40, Will Singleton wrote: [snip] > >Lastly, I'd like to point out that I don't like the idea of distributing highly >advanced source code, I think it's detrimental to the spirit of discovery and >individual achievement. It dissuades the true amateur from the game. I know >this because I have looked at crafty's code and found it beautiful, elegant, and >good. And I won't copy it, though others do. The way to advance the theory of >chess programming is not to publish your code, but rather to publish your ideas. Will, To each their own. I almost fell out of my chair when I read the first sentence of your paragraph here. I too have downloaded Crafty and I think I looked at the hash table entries so far to see how much space they took up (cause mine is huge). But as a programmer, I like to read through cool code every once in a while (I may get to the bulk of Crafty someday). And, it's not to find out what chess algorithms that the program uses (most of which would be incompatable with my program). It's to find out what assembly code shortcuts and binary search algorithms and other cool normal advanced programming techniques are there. That would be interesting. KarinsDad :) > >Will
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