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Subject: Re: some questions about computer chess programs

Author: Paul Petersson

Date: 09:58:27 04/05/98

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On April 03, 1998 at 01:26:33, Roland Pfister wrote:

>On April 02, 1998 at 16:16:53, Amir Ban wrote:
>
>....
>>
>>This was the first time I've done anything on Win16, and there was the
>>consensus that Microsoft compilers are faster, so I initially developed
>>on MSVC 1.51. When it was done, I found the performance disappointing.
>>After many attempts to improve, without great results, I decided to give
>>my old BC3.1 a try in its Win16 mode which I've never used before. It
>>was equal to the Microsoft compiler on P5 but 10% faster on P2/P6.
>>
>>Amir
>
>Have you tried Watcom?
>

Have anyone tested Intels C/C++ compiler? I don´t have it myself, but
based on what I´ve heard from others, it´s the fastest compiler. At
least for Intel processors.

Paul

>My program runs faster if I optimize for size with Watcom-C than if I
>optimze for speed :-)
>
>Chrilly Donninger told that about his early Nimzo2 and so I tried and
>got the same results for Patzer.
>
>Roland



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