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Yes, for just testing a finite number of formulas, this would be good enough (except that it might slow down the engine a bit if I had lots of such code). But it wouldn't enable users to construct their own formulas.jdart wrote:It is true you can't compile at runtime but you can always do:
if (option1) {
king safety code variant 1
}
else {
king safety code variant 2
}
Thanks Tord. Glad to hear it's still in your plans!Tord Romstad wrote:That wouldn't even be technically possible yet, because it still isn't possible to transfer applications made with Apple's iPhone SDK to an actual iPhone. The earliest possible date would be in the end of June (assuming that I have a complete and working program by then, which is far from sure), and at the moment it is not clear whether Apple will accept non-US based developers from the beginning.Mark wrote:Shoot. From the thread topic I was hoping you needed testers for the iPhone version!
At any rate, the iPhone version of Glaurung is still very much part of my plans, and I hope to have the first version ready well before the end of the year.
Tord
Tord,Tord Romstad wrote:Hi all,
I have a new development version of Glaurung which I would like to see tested. Is there anyone who is willing to help?
I would be particularly interested in finding someone who also has some basic programming knowledge. The main addition compared to Glaurung 2.0.1 is king safety evaluation. The king safety evaluation is quite complex, and there's an awful lot of parameters to tune, far too many to make them all available as UCI parameters. It would therefore be nice to find someone who can modify the source code (I'll give advice about what to change, of course), compile, and run tests and experiments.
Of course, non-programmer testers would also be very welcome. Just knowing whether this version is stronger than 2.0.1 would be very interesting.
At the moment, I only have binaries for Linux and Mac OS X, but I expect to have 32-bit and 64-bit Windows binaries some time soon.
If anyone is interested, please drop me an e-mail, or send me a personal message on this board.
Tord
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# Computed on 2008-04-26
# Based on "CCRL-404.[275470].pgn"
# Name => ELO ( + - ) Score AvOp ( AvDf) Draws Games (+W-L=D)
Glaurung 080420 64-bit => 2881 ( +27 -27) 42.0% +52.5 ( 70.2) 36.0% 450 (+108-180=162)
Glaurung 2.0.1 64-bit => 2835 ( +10 -10) 50.1% -1.0 ( 80.7) 32.9% 3539 (+1189-1185=1165)
Glaurung 1.2.1 64-bit => 2748 ( +13 -13) 39.8% +79.8 (121.3) 27.8% 2412 (+625-1117=670)
Perhaps some type of testing framework could be set up so that volunteers could contribute their computer time to testing your engine. Hey! Maybe you could get people to contribute ideas for improving your engine also!Tord Romstad wrote:Hi all,
I have a new development version of Glaurung which I would like to see tested. Is there anyone who is willing to help?
Tord