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Subject: Re: MSVC++ 6

Author: Bruce Moreland

Date: 22:35:26 09/25/99

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On September 25, 1999 at 06:59:06, Frank Phillips wrote:

>My program compiled with MSVC++ 6 (Enterprise) is almost 30% slower than the
>same code with the same options compiled with MSVC++V5, which is a bit
>disappointing.  The simple test I did was a fixed depth search for six middle
>game positions.  More worrying than the decrease in speed is the number of nodes
>to reach the fixed depth which have increased under VC6.
>
>Usual type of program – PVS with hash tables.  Mixture of bitboards and offset
>arrays.
>
>What am I missing?
>
>Frank

I have no idea what you are missing, but I'd like to know, because I'm missing
it too.  I don't use MSVC 6, I use 5.  Mine isn't 30% slower, it's maybe 10%
slower, but 10% slower isn't what I want from a new compiler.

bruce




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