Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 20:46:25 04/10/03
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On April 10, 2003 at 12:44:46, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:
>On April 10, 2003 at 12:39:59, Christophe Theron wrote:
>
>>On April 10, 2003 at 12:02:05, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:
>>
>>>On April 10, 2003 at 11:37:50, Jonas Bylund wrote:
>>>
>>>>On April 10, 2003 at 10:27:57, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On April 10, 2003 at 10:11:21, Jonas Cohonas wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On April 10, 2003 at 09:25:09, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On April 10, 2003 at 09:20:15, ERIQ wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>These are all great goals, but I like this order better.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>* A Linux/bsd version of Chess Tiger w/ great gui ie. Eboard or better.
>>>>>>>>* A native ARM version of Chess Tiger for Palm
>>>>>>>>* Chess Tiger 16
>>>>>>>>* ...and a few more projects that I prefer to keep secret
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>basis for order is:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>1.I will have a freebsd system running in about two week hopefully (just waiting
>>>>>>>>on hardware to arrive)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>2.As soon as I could buy a new sony palm I will. So I can win a game from time
>>>>>>>>to time :)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>3.And ct16 should be last because ct15 is already too strong!! whether it's
>>>>>>>>first or last on that silly list that everone likes, I can't beat it on a 486
>>>>>>>>comp. And yes I've tried shamlessly
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Just my two cents.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Sign,
>>>>>>>> Eriq
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>a dual version of CT15 would kick more butt than ct16 or working at the unknown
>>>>>>>freebsd. note that freebsd allows multiprocessing but multithreading at it i
>>>>>>>cannot advice.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I think a dual version of CTX would be great! maybe we should have a hands up
>>>>>>here, to see if we can influence the order of things ;) (note: people with dual
>>>>>>processor systems votes count double, ok maybe only 1.7 :)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Jonas
>>>>>
>>>>>Some people are simply too lazy or have too much bugs in their software to get
>>>>>stuff parallel well to work.
>>>>>
>>>>>It will be always like that.
>>>>
>>>>Well i don't know where that came from, but i am quite sure that an accomplished
>>>>programmer like CT would have no problems making Tiger SMP.
>>>
>>>in which case he is just plain lazy now.
>>
>>
>>
>>Vincent I have explained that I have other priorities.
>>
>>Why should I spend time on a task that I estimate is mostly a waste of time?
>>
>>Can you mention the benefits that has brought to you the multiprocesor version
>>of Diep?
>
>i show up at 500 processors world champs 2003 to name one.
>
>other is that i don't need to waste my time with forward pruning because i get
>already a factor 2 nearly out of SMP.
>
>>Have you won any tournament thanks to it? Has it improved your image, the
>>perception of quality in the eye of your future customers? How much money (=fuel
>>to continue improving your chess engine) have you made from it?
>
>It definitely will.
>
>Noomen has brought you a few victories at quick levels. Well done Christophe.
>
>>How can you justify that it has not been an almost complete waste of time?
>> Christophe
>
>History will forget you. History won't forget me. You will see soon.
:) :) :)
At least whenever I read a post of yours I have a lot of fun.
History will remember none of us.
Please stop farting higher than your ass (literal translation of a french
expression, I don't know if it works well in english).
Christophe
> So far SMP
>was just a factor 1.5 speedup for most and 1.8 to 2.0 for some.
>
>But coming years the difference will be way more. Factors 4.0 to 8.0 will not
>get uncommon. Just read my lips.
>
>In my case how about 500 cpus at europes fastest supercomputer for
>computerchess?
>
>Now *that* is a bigger sales argument than you might think Christophe. Let's not
>publicly discuss sales. But you know what i mean. I bet you want to exchange all
>those tournament victories for just one shot at the title at a world
>championship which simultaneously is also a shot to playing the FIDE world
>champ!
>
>Best regards,
>Vincent
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