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Subject: Re: TSCP benchmark with gcc vc6 vc.net on Athlon XP and P4

Author: Tom Kerrigan

Date: 11:41:59 02/21/03

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On February 21, 2003 at 07:16:59, martin fierz wrote:

>that's what i read into these numbers too. with the big IF that i'm not sure
>whether TSCP is a good benchmark for "real" chess programs - it may be too
>simple. i'll definitely try gcc with my checkers program and see what happens
>there.

It isn't--TSCP spends most of its time in two simple functions, I believe attack
and eval, unlike more sophisticated chess programs that divide their time among
many more complicated functions.

Still, TSCP is a program, so it's a legitimate test of a compiler.

-Tom



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