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Re: Discocheck "Boney M" is out
Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2012 5:02 am
by lucasart
JuLieN wrote:lucasart wrote:After Doublecheck 3.4, I renamed my engine Discocheck (starting with 3.5). Many reasons for that choice:
- what used to be double check extensions and specific treatments in the search, actually became discovered check instead.
- Discocheck is chess slang for discovered check
- it contains disco and sounds like discotheque, which I found amusing
So in that vein, I should name the version with disco bands. You know MacOSX and Ubuntu name their versions with animal names
- DC 3.5 would be ABBA
- DC 3.6 would be Boney M
For the next version, I'll neeed a disco band starting ewith a "C". Any ideas ?
PS: jokes aside, Discocheck 3.6 is out at
http://wbec-ridderkerk.nl/html/details1 ... Check.html
if anyone is interested.
Congrats Lucas!
A name starting with C? Hmmm... What about
DiscoCheck Carlos? I guess only you, me and our country fellows can really appreciate this music of angels ^^
BTW, didn't you like the
Treeplecheese name your engine got last april fools' day?
Yeah, I remember Carlos. But I'm not sure it qualifies as disco music. Any expert opinion on this ?
Re: Discocheck "Boney M" is out
Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2012 5:05 am
by lucasart
abik wrote:
Lucas,
The link text says 3.6, but the contents is still 3.5.1.
Nevertheless, I noticed I had not made an Android version since your name change, so I put the downloadable discocheck compiled for ARM at
UCI and XBoard engines for Android.
Aart
Ah well spotted. I'll tell Leo to correct the link
Re: Discocheck "Boney M" is out
Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2012 12:54 pm
by lucasart
lucasart wrote:abik wrote:
Lucas,
The link text says 3.6, but the contents is still 3.5.1.
Nevertheless, I noticed I had not made an Android version since your name change, so I put the downloadable discocheck compiled for ARM at
UCI and XBoard engines for Android.
Aart
Ah well spotted. I'll tell Leo to correct the link
Aart,
you can check again, the link has been fixed, and now 3.6 is available
Cheers,
Lucas
Re: Discocheck "Boney M" is out
Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2012 6:10 pm
by abik
lucasart wrote:
Aart,
you can check again, the link has been fixed, and now 3.6 is available
Cheers,
Lucas
Yes, good sir! It now is 3.6.
ARM binary of version 3.6 for import in Chess for Android posted at
UCI and XBoard engines for Android.
Re: Discocheck "Boney M" is out
Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2012 11:53 pm
by Mincho Georgiev
Creedence clearwater revival
Not exactly the style though.
Maybe C-Block is a little bit fresher
Re: Discocheck "Boney M" is out
Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2012 5:29 am
by lucasart
Thanks for all the suggestions.
I'm also thinking of nick naming it "K&R" or simply "C", in hommage to Kerninghan and Ritchie, the uber-geniouses who invented the C langnage and the Unix operating system.
The C language is certainly my weapon of choice (as well as Unix compatible OS GNU/Linux): it's been around for over 40 years, and even today, it has changed very little, and *nothing* beats it to produce ultra-fast and easily portable code.
Re: Discocheck "Boney M" is out
Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2012 11:25 am
by jm_thompson
lucasart wrote:Thanks for all the suggestions.
I'm also thinking of nick naming it "K&R" or simply "C", in hommage to Kerninghan and Ritchie, the uber-geniouses who invented the C langnage and the Unix operating system.
The C language is certainly my weapon of choice (as well as Unix compatible OS GNU/Linux): it's been around for over 40 years, and even today, it has changed very little, and *nothing* beats it to produce ultra-fast and easily portable code.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4YRPdRXKFs
Re: Discocheck "Boney M" is out
Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2012 2:13 pm
by marcelk
lucasart wrote:I'm also thinking of nick naming it "K&R" or simply "C", in hommage to Kerninghan and Ritchie, the uber-geniouses who invented the C langnage and the Unix operating system.
That would be T&R for Unix, R for C (T did B) and K&R for the book on C?
Re: Discocheck "Boney M" is out
Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2012 6:29 am
by tiger
lucasart wrote:After Doublecheck 3.4, I renamed my engine Discocheck (starting with 3.5). Many reasons for that choice:
- what used to be double check extensions and specific treatments in the search, actually became discovered check instead.
- Discocheck is chess slang for discovered check
- it contains disco and sounds like discotheque, which I found amusing
So in that vein, I should name the version with disco bands. You know MacOSX and Ubuntu name their versions with animal names
- DC 3.5 would be ABBA
- DC 3.6 would be Boney M
For the next version, I'll neeed a disco band starting ewith a "C". Any ideas ?
PS: jokes aside, Discocheck 3.6 is out at
http://wbec-ridderkerk.nl/html/details1 ... Check.html
if anyone is interested.
Cerrone is widely credited for "inventing" the disco beat, which is not totally accurate but at least it is true that he started it all, sold 30 million albums, and set the pace for the whole disco era.
If you want a relevant "C" in disco, I don't think anybody can beat Cerrone.
// Christophe
Re: Discocheck "Boney M" is out
Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2012 1:42 pm
by Adam Hair
Here is a possible list for future DiscoChecks:
- Cerrone
Chic
D Train
Earth, Wind & Fire
Ecstasy, Passion & Pain
Fatback (Band)
France Joli
First Choice
GQ
Heatwave
Isaac (Hayes)
JB (James Brown)
Kool (& the Gang)
Lime
MFSB
O'Jay(s)
Prince
Rufus
Super Freak (Rick James)
T-Connection
Voyage
Whisper(s)