Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 17:25:12 11/08/99
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On November 08, 1999 at 20:03:06, walter irvin wrote: [snip] >i have no doubt that you are a highly skilled programmer . but my only thing is >i cant help thinking that the best programmers such as yourself and others >stoped looking at new ways of solving the same problems that have not gone away >in computer chess . What makes you think that the search for new ways has stopped? If that were the case, I do not think that this forum would even exist. You must also understand the old ways before you even know if your "new way" is really new at all. >there is a saying that says if you keep doing what you are >doing you will keep getting what you are getting . Profound. ;-) > i have been working on a program ,that is very different , but since i lack >your programming skills , what should take 2 or 3 months is taking much longer . >but on the other hand you have had 30 years and you have done more than most >even with a world champion to your credit .but even you will admit that you have >not done what you really wanted .surely you want stronger than GM level for your >programs .you have to be a little dissapointed that even with the power of the >computers now , people still rule chess . The MIPS of a human brain is about 10^23 operations per second. A honey bee's brain can manage 10 GFlops. For a computer program on a standard CPU to even approach the power of a poor player is truly astonishing. That programs like crafty can be a difficult opponent for a GM is nothing short of remarkable. That systems like Deep Blue can give the best player in the world a hard time is nothing short of miraculous. Joe has a 4000HP dragster with 600 cubic inches displacement and a tank of nitromethane fuel. You have a go-cart. Somehow, the go-cart can compete. Must be pretty well engineered, that go-cart.
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