Author: Peter W. Gillgasch
Date: 09:21:50 08/12/98
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On August 12, 1998 at 11:13:06, fca wrote: >This has arisen from a post by Mr Langrath elsewhere. You go on record for trying to hijack a thread. >If multitasking two chess programs on one PC, and playing a game between >them, how does one "fairly" allocate resources between them? > >I accept there is no question of properly deducing playing strength in such a >scenario. That is NOT the objective, therefore. > >0. What does "fairly" mean? > >1. RAM? > >2. CPU %? > >3. Idle / background priority? > >4, Thinking Time set on program? > >and especially > >5. Should permanent brain be switched off on one or both programs? > >Ideas on how to arrive at the answers, please, or better still - the answers >themselves. :-) > >Kind regards > >fca > >PS: This is I believe one of the more interesting questions for newbies and >others. So please confine trolling answers to the other place. Heck, if you think that doing something like that without having any OS support will result in anything meaningfull and if you call this minor objection a troll, then I strongly suggest that you built your own computer just to get any sort of appreciation for such issues. -- Peter
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