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Subject: Re: To Dan: Compiling Crafty

Author: Peter Skinner

Date: 14:02:55 01/24/03

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On January 24, 2003 at 16:42:51, Dann Corbit wrote:

>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.

Should I be worried that I am not seeing 99 - 100 $ cpu? The knps look fine as
well as the depth.

As I somehow losing performance?



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