Author: James T. Walker
Date: 09:52:00 10/18/98
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On October 18, 1998 at 12:13:34, Alessio Iacovoni wrote: >1) Shouldn't computer strenght it rather be measured on "average" entry-level >computers.. i.e. the ones actually used by the majority of people? > Good Question ! I suspect each programmer has to answer that for himself when he takes on the task of writing a chess program. Like in question (2), How does the speed of the processors affect each program? Some programs are not great at blitz but do better at 40/2hrs. So do programmers write their programs to "Peak" at blitz or at 40/2 and if so what speed processor do they have in mind when writing the code? I'm afraid I'm only adding to the questions and not the solution. >2) Also.. do programs benefit in the same way from higher speed and increased >hash tables? If not, tests would not be comparable, therefore useless. > Another good question ! What would the SSDF rating list look like if all programs were test @ 100mhz or all at 450mhz. Would it be the same?? I suspect not. >3) Why are books used in tests? Shouldn't a top level computer program be >capable of doing at least decently in the opening phase *without* resorting to >it's book? If the answer is no.. then it could be easily beaten by even >lower-performing computers by having it systematically go out of book. Or am I >wrong? I like the idea of Books. If you can write a program that can kick others out of book and then take advantage of them then go for it! It seems a good program will survive without it's book if necessary ,(Just like a good human) Jim Walker
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