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Subject: Re: To Dan: Compiling Crafty

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 13:42:51 01/24/03

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On January 24, 2003 at 16:20:40, Peter Skinner wrote:

>Hi Dan,
>
>Whenever I compile Crafty I use the default makefile.nt, with the following
>commandline:
>
>nmake wcraftyx -f makefile.nt
>
>I am using MSVS 6.0 Enterprise w/sp5 and the processor pack.
>
>My problem is that the size of the exe does not match yours, in fact it is about
>200k smaller, and when playing online I _never_ get above 92% cpu in the Crafty
>kibitzing information.
>
>When I use the version compiled from your server, I _always_ get 99% or greater
>cpu. Why is this?

Because I don't use MS VC++ to compile it.

>What are you doing differently? Am I doing something wrong?

I am using the Intel compiler with profile guided optimiziation.  MS VC++ cannot
do this.  Eugene's magic compiler can, but that is neither here nor there.



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