Author: blass uri
Date: 12:36:06 10/18/98
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On October 18, 1998 at 15:27:39, Alessio Iacovoni wrote: >On October 18, 1998 at 15:11:30, John Coffey wrote: > >>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? >> >>Entry level is a moving target. What may be high end now might be much >>more common 6 months from now. If you test on an "average" machine now >>then your results will be worthless in 6 months. > >What? Why would they be worthless? They would just indicate exactly the same >ranking of a top-level computer (with different elo's). Or wouldn't they? > >> >> >>> >>>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. >>> >> >>If some programs benefit more from Hash tables then this indicates a better >>written program. Memory prices are so low now that you could get 256M and >>not break the bank. It used to be the most expensive component on the mahcine >>but not any longer. >> > >But 256M is not the average memory people usually have. I don't know you guys >there in the states, but in the rest of the world people still have 16-32 meg >and a pentium, some an MMX. >> >>>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? >> >>The computer's opening book is very much a component of its skill, just as a >>human player's book is a component of his skill. >> > >I'm not too sure of that.. it's a component of somebody's elses skill (i.e. the >international master or grand master or team of masters that have helped to make >the book). Also.. I didn't say opening books should'nt be used, but that they >shouldn't be used in tests because they modify greatly the results. I do not think that they modify greatly the results Openings books modify the results but not greatly.
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