Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 08:46:21 06/20/02
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On June 20, 2002 at 04:10:14, Tom Kerrigan wrote: >On June 19, 2002 at 23:26:50, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>Since when did _you_ take part in an "intelligent conversation"? You seem >>to like to resort to the above sort of put-down when your point gets whacked >>away. > >And I suppose it's intelligent conversation to say that 64-bit processors are >great because one of them runs your 64-bitish program well? > >That's kind of like saying the Corvette is faster than a Kia because it has two >seats. Never mind the fact that it has hundreds more HP. Very intelligent. > >-Tom Nah it isn't. This is a "computer chess club" so _obviously_ we are mainly talking about computer chess programs here. Crafty is a computer chess program. We were talking about 64 bit architectures. Crafty depends on 64 bit words for the bitmap stuff it uses everywhere. Ergo, it is a prime example of a program that 64 bit words _will_ help. Discussing how non-64 bit programs will work on a 64 bit machine is as pointless as your corvette vs kia example. But _I_ wasn't discussing something so pointless. I pointed out that 64 bit machines _do_ work for the right kinds of programs. You are saying "64 bits won't help 99% of the applications and so they are really no faster." I am saying "64 bits definitely helps Crafty which means for chess there _is_ a potential benefit for them."
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