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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