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Subject: Re: How much did the hardware contribute?

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 18:37:10 07/18/00

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On July 18, 2000 at 19:07:46, Olaf Jenkner wrote:

>On July 18, 2000 at 17:48:32, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>And hardware would be the only change of any significance, and they could "feel
>>the difference..."
>>
>It's disappointing to hear that most of the improvement comes from the hardware.
>Why do programmers a lot of work to improve their programs?



I didn't say that "most of the improvement" was hardware.  I said that faster
hardware makes a definite improvement in the skill of the program.  However,
there are plenty of issues to solve that faster hardware won't help a bit,
such as blocked positions and incorrect king safety evaluation...



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