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Subject: Re: Table statement

Author: Vincent Diepeveen

Date: 07:29:23 09/05/02

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On September 04, 2002 at 14:03:35, Robert Hyatt wrote:

In short i conclude that for the article you had plenty of
time because not a single result was generated for it.

You did this years before it. How can such a thing influence
results?


>On September 04, 2002 at 13:32:30, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:
>
>>On September 04, 2002 at 12:43:37, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>
>>you say you was very busy getting crafty to optimize it for
>>alpha that year. The article was published in march 1997,
>>the world championship in october 1997, so i assume
>>you refer to 'that year' but the year before 1996
>>in Jakarta?
>
>I believe I said _both_.  If you read carefully.  We went to both
>events.  1996 saw me working on performance, and again in 1997 as I
>was working on an alpha port right after the 1996 event since DEC
>had already agreed to give us a machine for the next tournament.
>
>>
>>How can a program that is completely different from crafty
>>and running at a different architecture need time from you
>>instead of SYSTEM time?
>
>There was no "system time" involved.  Again, why not try reading
>things first and _then_ responding?  I ran the tests in 1993 and early
>1994.  I have said this many times.  Beyond that point, no cray access
>was needed, all the data was finished.  The time after that was spent
>on writing the actual paper, which is pretty long, then fiddling with
>lots of changes as suggested by the referees, and going thru _several_
>referee cycles.
>
>
>
>>
>>You tested different versions for the article and had to modify
>>cray blitz each time or something? What work did cray blitz need?
>
>None.  All testing was completed by june 1994.  The paper production too
>the next 2.5 years...  no more testing was needed, possible, or done.
>
>I _know_ I have written this multiple times here in CCC already.  And
>you accuse _me_ of "having a horrible memory"?  At least I have _some_
>memory...
>
>I am sure you can find the 1993-1994 date several times here if you look
>hard enough.



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