Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 09:52:00 12/14/99
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On December 14, 1999 at 10:50:29, Jari Huikari wrote:
>On December 13, 1999 at 10:00:35, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>Your definition of creativity is totally warped. "creativity" means to "do
>>something new". Not "to do something new with old hardware".
>
>You both have good points.
>
>I think "creativity" is
>"to do something in different (and better) way than before."
>
>I personally value it higher creative that improvement happens in program
>itself than in hardware. (But why not in both!)
>
>I'd hope to see someday some major improvement in the way that a
>chess program works. Something which were like Quicksort compared
>with Insertion sort. Probably it's most unlikely that it happens,
>but that is what I would call "really creative".
>
>My own program is still so new that it needs a lot of improving that it
>could do even _something_ with old hardware. I'm slowly coming from
>"bogosort" to "insertion sort." (And keep on dreaming to find "Q-sort"...)
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Jari
You don't need a fast computer to create a great chess program. I would even say
that working hard on slow hardware is profitable. With fast hardware you tend to
skip a lot of details, but these make the difference in the end.
I realize I'm preaching in the opposite direction of the current trend, but it's
not a backward attitude. Getting the best out of what you have is the point.
Christophe
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