Author: Leen Ammeraal
Date: 09:57:45 03/12/01
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On March 12, 2001 at 11:54:41, martin fierz wrote: >On March 12, 2001 at 10:25:55, Leen Ammeraal wrote: > >>Working with Visual C++ 6.0, Professional Edition, >>I wondered if I can get faster code simply by >>using some compiler settings/options or any >>other VC++ tool. At the moment, all I do >>to speed up my chess engine is by using >>Project | Settings | C/C++ >>and, with Category: General, I select >>Optimizations: Maximize Speed. > >in the same tab Project|Settings|C/C++ you can >choose the category 'optimizations', and there >instead of maximize speed, choose the optimizations >yourself. i don't know what the names are in then >english version, because i have the german version. >i have activated every optimization except the >'compact code'. >also, in the edit box below, which might be called >something with 'embedded functions', i have chosen >'every possible' (again, i don't know the actual name). > >in my checkers program, this gave me a faster executable >than just the 'maximize speed'-option, not very much, 5-10% >maybe, but still... > >cheers > martin Thanks for your reply. After taking your advice, I saw that the executable file was much larger. In a singe game, the new version lost, but this may very well be bad luck, so I think I will play a match of, say, 20 games, to compare the same program compiled with two different settings. Leen
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