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Subject: Re: New SSDF list indicates again: no improvement in last 12 months...

Author: Rajen Gupta

Date: 10:27:07 01/29/99

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On January 29, 1999 at 02:18:03, Jouni Uski wrote:

>As predicted we have new number one and even number two.
>In list H7 has 2576 and F5.32 2575. But Hiarcs 6 and Fritz5 had over 2580, when
>they got first rating so where is the progress?? Nowhere I fear.

The progress may not be dramatic every year and only may be incremental, but it
is definitely present lets say if you compare 3-4 year periods rather than just
year on year.It is like when a new intel chip comes out and the comp magaxines
do their obligatory comparisons and round ups- ''eg the 450 Mhz is not much
stronger than the 400 which itself is not much stronger than the 350, and so on
but in reality if you compare lets say the 450 to a chip several steps down
their will be a significant difference.

I suggest some one does a test consisiting of the best programmes of jan 1996 vs
the top programmes of the current list on equivalent (preferably the best
possible) hardware. That will give us a true idea of how much software progress
has taken place.
Rajen gupta



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