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Subject: Hyperbole?

Author: Ricardo Gibert

Date: 22:57:28 07/02/03

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On July 02, 2003 at 18:53:22, Dan Andersson wrote:

> For those that have waited for a faster compiler for AMD64.
>http://www.theinquirer.org/?article=10292
>The links in the document contain useful information.
>Wonder what it will do for chess programs.
>
>MvH Dan Andersson

If you look at http://www.pgroup.com/images/pg50vpg41.jpg you will see they only
give the relative performance to a previous version of the same compiler. No
absolute scores. Since they do not offer any absolute scores, I would assume
they are nothing to brag about. A 375% percent improvement over junk can still
be junk. Do not expect miracles.

BTW, note also that all the scores given in the above link are with the fortran
compiler and not c.



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