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Subject: Are programs more equal with long thinking time?

Author: Jari Huikari

Date: 14:11:39 12/14/99

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On December 14, 1999 at 12:52:00, Christophe Theron wrote:

(I answered this, and changed to other subject below.)

This subject:
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>You don't need a fast computer to create a great chess program. I would even say
>that working hard on slow hardware is profitable. With fast hardware you tend to
>skip a lot of details, but these make the difference in the end.
>
>I realize I'm preaching in the opposite direction of the current trend, but it's
>not a backward attitude. Getting the best out of what you have is the point.

That's how I'm going to continue. Using my current machine (486) and my
current programming language (Pascal). The finished program can later be
changed to other language (and to other platform), if needed.

On the other hand I can imagine that programming with faster hardware
also has it's good sides. If program A beats program B when both are
using slow hardware, B may still be better than A, when both are run
in faster machine? I guess that usually program A would play better with
any machine, but perhaps it's not that trivial. And one who has developed
his program with fast hardware may have more experience, what works best
with faster machines.

New subject:
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I have tried some programs against each other with long and short
thinking times, and got the feeling that there are less differences in
their strenght when I give them a lot of time. Has anyone got similar
results?

					Jari




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