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: ------------- >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: ------------ 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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