Author: Tord Romstad
Date: 02:36:06 12/27/03
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On December 27, 2003 at 03:08:34, Vasik Rajlich wrote: >It seems to me that the areas where an engine can get the most benefit are: > >A) Guiding search (ie reducing/extending): very very high >B) Quality of eval: very high >C) Overall speed, including speed of eval: medium/low, unless very big factors >are involved, such as building specialized hardware or getting a chance to run >on a big mp machine I couldn't agree more. I think most amateur programmers spend way too much time on low-level optimisation. They could improve their engines much more rapidly and easily by focusing on the search and eval. Tord
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