Author: Uri Blass
Date: 15:38:12 01/18/01
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On January 18, 2001 at 17:46:50, Peter Kasinski wrote: >On January 18, 2001 at 17:26:23, John Dahlem wrote: > >>Speaking of these tournaments... >> >>Why don't they make all programs use equal hardware???? I don't understand why >>they allow anyone to use SIXTY 300 mhz processors, especially when some use one >>400 mhz processor. This in my opinion is very unfair! Hardware becomes the issue >>as much as software. Why dont they give all the authors a 1000 mhz pentium and >>say 'use this or dont play'? I know there is an explanation but I obviously >>dont currently know what it is! >> >> >>Thanks >> >>John > >I know you mean well, but: does the programmer who works on his program >full-time (i.e. professional/commercial programmer) really deserve a 1 GHz >machine against an amateur program? Do you suggest that he does not get it and does not have a motivation to work full time? I also have no idea if the commercial programmers worked more time on their program. How about manipulating their odds a little >by assigning superior hardware to inferior code? Or how about assigning lesser >PC's to those who simply cannot afford a team of people working on their opening >books? I do not believe that team of people worked on the opening books of top programs. Deep Fritz got a lost position out of book against Junior6 in one of the ssdf games and Deep Fritz saw it by evaluation. I believe that nobody works seriously about opening books(at least about the commercial opening book). It is possible to tell Deep Fritz to analyze every position in the opening book in order to analyze manually all the positions with evaluations of clear advantage for one side to see if the computer is wrong or the book is wrong but nobody did it. And so on... > >In the end it is an open competition. Those who spent most time preparing for it >(and invested the most in time and yes - money) have far better chances than the >rest. I do not think that it is only a competition of time and money. Those who have more talent for programming have also better chances. Uri
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