is a complete rewrite considered a upgrade?

[Eric Oldre]

Geschrieben von:/Posted by: Eric Oldre at 29. July 2004 20:19:

I'm the author of the Murderhole chess engine that is in Leo's 6th division right now. Murderhole was written in vb.net and I'm currently writing a new engine from scratch in C. I hope that my new entry is much stronger than my first.
I still haven't decided on a name for my new engine.
but one idea is to call it Murderhole also, and rename the old version of Murderhole to Murderhole.NET.
my question is this, if I do decide to keep the same name for my new engine. how would it be treated regarding Leo's tournament.
Would it be considered an upgrade to the old version and take it's place?
or would it need to wait until the next edition to start competing?
I feel that if it took the place the existing engine, then it would have a chance to win the 6th division. (with lots of luck). but I wouldn't want others too feel like that is cheating.
Thanks,
Eric Oldre

[Leo Dijksman]

Geschrieben von:/Posted by: Leo Dijksman at 29 July 2004 21:21:50:
Als Antwort auf:/In reply to: is a complete rewrite considered a upgrade? geschrieben von:/posted by: Eric Oldre at 29. July 2004 20:19:

I'm the author of the Murderhole chess engine that is in Leo's 6th division right now.
I still haven't decided on a name for my new engine.
but one idea is to call it Murderhole also, and rename the old version of Murderhole to Murderhole.NET.
my question is this, if I do decide to keep the same name for my new engine. how would it be treated regarding Leo's tournament.
Would it be considered an upgrade to the old version and take it's place?
or would it need to wait until the next edition to start competing?
I feel that if it took the place the existing engine, then it would have a chance to win the 6th division. (with lots of luck). but I wouldn't want others too feel like that is cheating.
Thanks,
Eric Oldre

I'm the TD of WBEC-Ridderkerk
Murderhole was written in vb.net and I'm currently writing a new engine from scratch in C. I hope that my new entry is much stronger than my first.
There is no problem Eric, updates are allowed until the start of the tourneys and when one author have more as one engine its his decision which one will play!
Best wishes,
Leo.



WBEC Ridderkerk homepage.

[Eric Oldre]

Geschrieben von:/Posted by: Eric Oldre at 30. July 2004 16:32:
Als Antwort auf:/In reply to: Re: is a complete rewrite considered a upgrade? geschrieben von:/posted by: Leo Dijksman at 29 July 2004 21:21:50:

I'm the author of the Murderhole chess engine that is in Leo's 6th division right now.
I still haven't decided on a name for my new engine.
but one idea is to call it Murderhole also, and rename the old version of Murderhole to Murderhole.NET.
my question is this, if I do decide to keep the same name for my new engine. how would it be treated regarding Leo's tournament.
Would it be considered an upgrade to the old version and take it's place?
or would it need to wait until the next edition to start competing?
I feel that if it took the place the existing engine, then it would have a chance to win the 6th division. (with lots of luck). but I wouldn't want others too feel like that is cheating.
Thanks,
Eric Oldre

I'm the TD of WBEC-Ridderkerk
Murderhole was written in vb.net and I'm currently writing a new engine from scratch in C. I hope that my new entry is much stronger than my first.
There is no problem Eric, updates are allowed until the start of the tourneys and when one author have more as one engine its his decision which one will play!
Best wishes,
Leo.

A job we are all grateful to you for handling.
Thanks Leo,
I think i'll leave the current release in this edition of your tournament. Because i don't think the new engine is quite ready for "primetime" yet, but should be in a couple more weeks.
Also, I got an email from someone who thought that name Murderhole was a bit too harse and suggested I think of a new name for my new engine. If anyone else has an opinion on this, now would be a great time to let me know.