Author: Ed Schröder
Date: 16:02:30 10/29/99
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>Posted by Dann Corbit on October 29, 1999 at 16:06:10: > >[snip] >>What do you have against commercial programmers anyway? They give a lot of >>people the joy of a good program and interface to enjoy their hobby named >>chess. Because some are commercial they can afford to spend all their time >>improving their product. Without being commercial the interface and engine >>would be on a level of years back. > >The benefit from commercial programs is that the programmers can go at it full >time. Dr. Hyatt has to teach (and probably publish too). Pretty much the >samefor all of the other ameteur programs, since the inventors do not derive >income from them. If someone is able to focus on the same problem day in and >day out around the clock, they can come up with better solutions through better >effort. > >On the other hand, private and ameteur programs can also advance chess >programming. Maybe they don't advance it much for *YOU* but they sure do a >lot for *ME* and for many other ameteur chess programmers. At some point, all of >the commercial programs will benefit from ameteur efforts. Eugene Nalimov's >tablebase files are a good case in point. Programs that use them will have >stronger endgames (indeed, perfect endgames when the man count is small >enough). I agree. Never meant to imply I don't use anybody else idea's. - A/B is not mine. - Hash tables is not mine. I use them and so does everybody. >If a commercial programmer makes a monumental discovery, they will be more >likely to keep it to themselves because it gives them a clear advantage in >sales if they win more than the other programs. Some are some don't. Concerning me, at times I have given valuable information about Rebel. I don't tell all for obvious reasons but a good listener only needs a half word. >The fact is that we benefit from both efforts but in different ways. I like >crafty and rebel both. I have and use both. Both are valuable and >interesting to me (but in different ways, even for these chess programs). I agree. Ed
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