I recently found myself on the Exactachess web page, and I came across several engines with names such as Bugga, Shitta, etc.
Does anyone know who is the authors of these engines?
The files contain no read-me, no source code, is this the work of a 10 year old?
disgusted regards,
Anton.
Shitta, Bugga, Tossa, a disgrace to Computer Chess?
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Re: Shitta, Bugga, Tossa, a disgrace to Computer Chess?
In answer to your question, engines with such names are a disgrace to computer chess and are a sign of great immaturity. Just my opinion.
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Re: Shitta, Bugga, Tossa, a disgrace to Computer Chess?
few days ago I found AlQaedaChess, it had terrific algorithms, and its killers implementation was kind of suicide.Graham Banks wrote:In answer to your question, engines with such names are a disgrace to computer chess and are a sign of great immaturity. Just my opinion.
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Re: Shitta, Bugga, Tossa, a disgrace to Computer Chess?
YesAnton wrote:
Does anyone know who is the authors of these engines?
NoAnton wrote:
The files contain no read-me, no source code, is this the work of a 10 year old?
The name is not important, remember Susan Boyle ? All were laughing at her and were disgusted by her looking just like you. They have come near learning something...names and looking doen't count. If I make an engine I can name it the way I want just what the authors did. You would be surprised, but I don't think you'll ever find out...Anton wrote: disgusted regards,
So those are original engines by their original authors.
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Re: Shitta, Bugga, Tossa, a disgrace to Computer Chess?
.........who are too ashamed to put their names to them for obvious reasons.Michael Diosi wrote: So those are original engines by their original authors.
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Re: Shitta, Bugga, Tossa, a disgrace to Computer Chess?
Ashamed? Really? I was under the impression that a certain group of programmers cloned their own engines and assigned them these silly names as a form of protest against widespread cloning and the damage that it has done to their favorite hobby.Graham Banks wrote: .........who are too ashamed to put their names to them for obvious reasons.
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Re: Shitta, Bugga, Tossa, a disgrace to Computer Chess?
Nope. It was deliberate. I think the authors showed their frustration quite well.Graham Banks wrote:.........who are too ashamed to put their names to them for obvious reasons.Michael Diosi wrote: So those are original engines by their original authors.
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They are quite popular, so it seems some here will play with anything.
Anyway, Anton was just trying to make a mess here and that really is a disgrace to computer chess.
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Re: Shitta, Bugga, Tossa, a disgrace to Computer Chess?
Exactly and IIRC Tord is one of these authors....tmokonen wrote:Ashamed? Really? I was under the impression that a certain group of programmers cloned their own engines and assigned them these silly names as a form of protest against widespread cloning and the damage that it has done to their favorite hobby.Graham Banks wrote: .........who are too ashamed to put their names to them for obvious reasons.
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How can you remember what has never been divulged?Dr.Wael Deeb wrote:Exactly and IIRC Tord is one of these authors....tmokonen wrote:Ashamed? Really? I was under the impression that a certain group of programmers cloned their own engines and assigned them these silly names as a form of protest against widespread cloning and the damage that it has done to their favorite hobby.Graham Banks wrote: .........who are too ashamed to put their names to them for obvious reasons.
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Re: Shitta, Bugga, Tossa, a disgrace to Computer Chess?
I don't remember exactly but reading the posts regarding this issue back then,I was pretty sure about at least 2 authors that participated in this project....Call it sixth sense,extra ability,whatever you like,but you know that one of these engines with the funny names is Glaurung....Christopher Conkie wrote:How can you remember what has never been divulged?Dr.Wael Deeb wrote:Exactly and IIRC Tord is one of these authors....tmokonen wrote:Ashamed? Really? I was under the impression that a certain group of programmers cloned their own engines and assigned them these silly names as a form of protest against widespread cloning and the damage that it has done to their favorite hobby.Graham Banks wrote: .........who are too ashamed to put their names to them for obvious reasons.
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