Stefan `Sec` Zehl ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Thu, May 02, 2002 at 11:55:11AM -0400, Ronald J Kimball wrote: > > On Thu, May 02, 2002 at 05:39:53PM +0200, Eugene van der Pijll wrote: > > > BoB could be. But as the best scores per hole are known, that does not > > > add any new information, so BoB decided that he would post his best > > > solution that he wrote himself. > > > > I disagree. Since BoB's score could be lower than the best player score > > (or the sum of the best scores) by combining features from various > > solutions, having BoB's score be *higher* than the best score doesn't tell > > you anything. > [...] > > Basically, what's the point in calling it Best of Breed if it isn't? > > I always understod BoB as a 'best solution found combining ideas from > the submissions'. It somehow doesn't feel correct to just copy the best > solution without any improvement.
I agree. It's implicit but obvious that the best solution on the board is ... well, the best of the breed. I would prefer it if BoB was kept as a virtual player with insider knowledge.
