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Subject: Re: Depth vs Time

Author: Sune Fischer

Date: 11:05:46 06/24/02

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On June 24, 2002 at 13:56:59, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:

>On June 24, 2002 at 13:52:45, Steve Coladonato wrote:
>
>><snip>
>>>
>>>You can compare plies of the same program and if a program searches deeper then
>>>in most cases you can expect a bigger part of it's pv to be correct.
>>>
>>
>>Thanks Uri
>>
>>So given the "standard" definition of ply, why can't I compare the time it takes
>>program X to get to ply M vs. program Y?  By definition of ply, the time it
>>takes to get to evaluation at ply M should be comparable regardless of what is
>>going on behind the scenes.
>
>What is the definition of ply?

I guess the counter in the iterated deepening loop is the "ply" counter.

-S.

>I wonder what you consider 'comparable'. There's no guarantee
>they'll be similar whatsoever.
>
>>Program X's variation at ply M may be inferior to
>>program Y's, but at ply M that is what each is saying is the best
>>move/variation.
>
>Yes. (Is there a point?)
>
>--
>GCP



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