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Subject: Re: Paris WMCCC - were programs better than in Jakarta (1996)?

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 05:41:25 11/11/97

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On November 11, 1997 at 08:19:03, Jouni Uski wrote:

>What is your opinion: was there any real improvement in playing
>strength over last year = Jakarta. Or was there only faster hardware
>and book finetuning? If we look at the SSDF rating list nobody
>has still beaten Rebel 8 in P90 hardware!

I believe we saw what has happened nearly every year for the past 30:  a
modest improvement by many, significant improvements by programs closer
to
the bottom of the field, but really modest improvements by those at the
top.

But it has all been compounded by faster hardware of course, like the
PII/300.



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