Author: Uri Blass
Date: 09:24:37 07/15/04
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On July 15, 2004 at 12:16:53, Eugene Nalimov wrote: >On July 15, 2004 at 05:11:21, Uri Blass wrote: > >>On July 14, 2004 at 22:05:25, Robert Hyatt wrote: >> >>>On July 14, 2004 at 14:40:17, Omid David Tabibi wrote: >>> >>>>On July 14, 2004 at 14:17:33, Matthew Hull wrote: >>>> >>>>>On July 14, 2004 at 13:00:15, Omid David Tabibi wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>>The goal is the best computer chess. You can't have that unless it's open >>>>>>>hardware. It has always been open hardware, >>>>>> >>>>>>You forget WMCCC. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>No I don't. This is not WMCCC. It's WCCC. The best chess will be played on >>>>>big hardware. That's why it's open hardware. >>>>> >>>>>If you want to argue for inferior chess, then go organize thw World Inferior >>>>>Computer Chess Championship. >>>>> >>>>>Meanwhile, the rest of us want to see the best computer chess the world has to >>>>>offer. We want to see the envelope pushed as far as it can go. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>The best computer chess in the world is supposed to be seen at the World >>>>>Championship. You can't do that by limiting hardware. >>>>> >>>>>I don't know how many different ways it needs to be said. Your idea is fine >>>>>for some other event that is not the WCCC. >>>> >>>>I did not suggest to abolish the open hardware format to begin with. What I >>>>suggest is to hold two events, WCCC for open hardware, and WMCCC for uniform >>>>hardware. Just the way it used to be. In WCCC you will find the best >>>>engine+hardware combination, and in WMCCC you will find the strongest chess >>>>program. >>>> >>> >>> >>>Absolutely and totally bogus statement. >>> >>>What processor will you pick? I want 64 bits. Others want 32 bits. >> >> >>The best solution is to give the participants the possibility to choose the >>hardware when the participants do not need to care to bring the hardware that >>they choose and the organizers do it for them. >> >>If we talk about WMCCC then a better alternative than uniform hardware is that >>programmers will be able to ask the organizers to give them every machine that >>they ask(behind some price) with only one codition that the machine does not >>have more than one cpu. > >Programmer A spent several months to implement parallel search in his program. > >Programmer B spent those months to rewrite his uni-proc search into assembly >language. > >You suggested rule favors programmer B. Why? A can participates in WCCC when B participates in WMCCC I did not say not to have WCCC Uri
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