Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 20:08:42 11/23/04
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On November 23, 2004 at 01:11:10, Ray Banks wrote: >On November 22, 2004 at 23:20:58, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>I use ponder-on all the time, one cpu or not... If both engines ponder, each >>gets 1/2 the processor, and that doesn't disrupt normal time allocation... > >Why does everyone use ponder off then on their tourneys? I don't have any idea... > >I've previously been told that with a single processor you can't guarantee each >engine will get 50%, therefore to use ponder off. With a decent O/S I don't see how there could be any imbalance at all, except for the case where one engine is to lazy to find a move to ponder, and it just "sits"... but that is an engine deficiency, not a problem with testing with ponder=on...
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