Author: Fernando Villegas
Date: 14:54:26 06/10/01
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Hi: There are many sides to see this: a) beyond certain depth N, to get a N+1 or N+2 depth requires so high a faster proccesor that, for the same token, difference between speeds tends to relatively decrease. I mean , DB runned 200 times faster, but did not see 200 more deeper than what DF will see. b) beyond certain depth, also, but before an absolute depth that I do not know what it is, that is to say, between two mathematical limits, depth differences in plys tends to mean less. In other words, difference in playing ability between a machine reaching 14 plys of brure force type of searching and 16 plys of the same has an altoguether different meaning that diferences between 2 and 3 plys or between 16 plys and 50 plys. In this last case -50 plys- maybe we reach a new qualitative field. c) the matter of how much Big Deal or not is this issue depends of two things: 1.- the size of the object we see 2.- the distance from which we see it. So, from the point of view of people here,IT is the Big Deal to test how strong a commercial program can be, face to face a SGM. And from the point of my neighbourg, this is nothing. So, it is and it is not the big deal. Fernando
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