Author: Peter Kappler
Date: 11:34:06 08/03/99
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On August 03, 1999 at 04:28:04, Terry Ripple wrote: >On August 02, 1999 at 15:08:49, Peter Kappler wrote: > >>On August 02, 1999 at 09:09:24, Robert Hyatt wrote: >> >>>On August 02, 1999 at 04:11:24, Tania Devora wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> >>>>Hi! I made another tournament between the Super Strong Hiarcs 7.32 and Doctor3.0 >>>>Poor Doctor! Hiarcs won by the incredible 18-2! >>>>Only 4 draws, the rest is Hiarcs victories. >>>> >>>>Machine used : K6-II 350 Mhz with 128 ram, 44 MB for each program, >>>>Time used is : G\30 Semi Blitz. >>>> >>>> >>>>Enjoy the games! >>>> >>>>And give me your opinion about the games! >>>> >>>>Thanks! >>>> >>> >>>Why continue to post flawed games? (two programs on one computer). IE >>>this is about as valid as doing bacterial cultures outdoors on a city street. >>>Interesting, but not valid. >>> >>> >>>computer testing using only one computer is simply worthless. Except for >>>debugging... >>> >> >>Bob, >> >>I don't understand how single computer testing can be "simply worthless". As >>long as both engines don't ponder, I think you should get results that are >>similar to 2-computer testing. >> >>I've heard the discussions about how not being able to ponder can slightly >>affect a program's time management, but I can't believe that this can completely >>invalidate the result of a long match. >> >>Even if there are some small side-effects from single-computer tesing, the >>impact should be roughly the same for both engines, right? >> >>Maybe somebody with 2 machines and some spare time could run a long match with >>both configurations and help to shed some light on this issue? >> >>--Peter >---------- >Hi Peter, > Mark Young claims that he played hundreds of games using both methods of a >single computer and also using two computers to run a series of matches and that >his results were very close in both cases! > >Regards,Terry Hi Terry, Thanks for the info. I'm happy to see that this "myth" is finally being debunked. --Pete
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