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Subject: Re: what do we know about zappa

Author: Zappa

Date: 16:36:41 12/12/05

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On December 12, 2005 at 16:15:13, Joseph Ciarrochi wrote:

>Here is the webpage: https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/acozzie2/www/zappa/
>
>Doesn't the more advanced zappa achieve its strength by running on multiple
>processors? I still think rybka and fruit will be better on a single processor,
>but we will see

What we know about Zappa:

Zappa is written by a modest genius by the name of Anthony Cozzie.  He is also
good looking and athletic, and women everywhere melt at the sound of his name.

He prefers working on parallel algorithms to forward pruning methods.

Zappa is really just a hobby for him - his true interests are more along the
lines of computer science and philosophy - except that he hates losing so
somehow his engine got stronger.

Many people at CCC like talking about how strong Zappa would be under X
conditions despite having no data.

What we don't know:

Exactly how strong Zappa is.  Honestly I don't know myself, especially because
I'm really tweaking things around right now.  I have struggled for the past year
 or so to write an excellent kingsafety routine.  I feel I am finally on the
right track; we shall see.

anthony



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