Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 06:19:05 11/08/99
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On November 08, 1999 at 02:40:46, Dave Gomboc wrote: >On November 07, 1999 at 21:02:40, James T. Walker wrote: > >>On November 07, 1999 at 17:17:18, Robert Hyatt wrote: >> >>>On November 07, 1999 at 15:58:54, odell hall wrote: >>> >>>>On November 07, 1999 at 10:32:38, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>>> >>>>>On November 07, 1999 at 03:23:21, Lawrence S. Tamarkin wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>Bob, On the other hand, you could be like Bobby Fischer when asked for his list >>>>>>of the 10 greatest player's, he was asked why he hadn't included himself on this >>>>>>list; the answer of course was that he would best any of them, so felt it would >>>>>>take away a placing of one of his selected 10:) >>>>>> >>>>>>Larry T >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>Nah... I just had the opportunity to get to know everyone on my "list" >>>>>pretty well (excepting Greenblatt although I talked to him several times >>>>>by phone). They are head-and-shoulders above me or anyone else I could >>>>>think of. :) >>>> >>>> >>>> If they are "head and shoulders" above everyone then why haven't they produced >>>>any quality chess programs in the last 15 years? (excluding ofcourse hsu) It >>>>seems to me the people you list are more or less pioneers in computerchess, but >>>>does this mean that they are the best? Because someone was first does this mean >>>>that they are neccesarily the best? I think 1. Hsu 2. Lang 3. Jonothan Dekoning >>>>(king engine) 3. Schroeder is more appropriate to the question. Or would you >>>>mind educating us specifically on what makes these people you mentioned better >>>>than others? >>> >>> >>>Nothing other than the fact that they each _dominated_ computer chess when >>>they were active _and_ they published details about what they did. >>> >>>Any other questions? >> >>Hello Bob, >>But wasn't that because they had access to the fastest hardware at the time and >>there was very little competition? The same might be said of Cray Blitz which >>was much faster than say Sargon 2.5 on a 6502 @ 2Mhz. >>Jim Walker > >"Had access"? Greenblatt built his hardware! So did Thompson. So does Hsu. > >Dave MacHack wasn't "built". It ran on a DEC PDP-10, a typical time-sharing computer system in the middle-to-late 60's. It was written in assembly language. And it didn't have any special purpose hardware until they built the "CHEOPS" add-on in the late 70's...
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