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Subject: Re: FPGAs playing chess--an expert opinion

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 15:03:10 12/21/99

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On December 21, 1999 at 16:32:08, Greg Lindahl wrote:

>On December 21, 1999 at 10:02:04, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>And as I have said before, if you don't do the entire engine, the performance
>>is not going to be much to write home about.  Can we get past this?
>
>I was past it days ago.
>
>If you don't think this is a worthwhile effort, then don't contribute.
>
>>I find it interesting that (a) you state you know next to
>>nothing about computer chess, but then follow up with (b) you disagree with
>>someone that has been doing it for over 30 years and who is aware of what has
>>already been done hardware-wise.
>
>I hope you don't take this attitude with your students.
>
>-- g

My students typically know enough to figure out whether I know what I am talking
about or not, so that we don't get into discussions where the keep proposing
solutions that were tried 20+ years ago and found wanting.  And they generally
don't propose solutions until they have a pretty clear understanding of the
_problem_.




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