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Subject: Re: Linux x Windows performance in chess programs

Author: James Swafford

Date: 07:57:30 11/13/02

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On November 13, 2002 at 10:35:37, Daniel Clausen wrote:

>On November 13, 2002 at 10:17:20, James Swafford wrote:
>
>[snip]
>
>>You can install Winboard on the Windows machine, and use remote
>>shell to start the second engine on the Linux box.
>
>If the engine is exactly the same, it would be easier to just compare NPS first.
>If (and I'm pretty sure it is) the NPS of both systems don't show a big
>difference, then it won't result in big ELO-differences... and I'm sure it
>won't.  (how many games would be needed in order to 'prove' a 5 ELO difference?)

I agree, the experiment probably isn't worth performing. :)
I was just answering the question "how do I set up a match with
engines on two platforms?"

--
James



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>Sargon



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