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Subject: Re: Deep is bad on a single processor computer?

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 10:36:26 10/24/03

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On October 24, 2003 at 07:41:53, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:

>On October 24, 2003 at 01:16:21, Dann Corbit wrote:
>
>>On October 23, 2003 at 03:26:53, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:
>>
>>>On October 21, 2003 at 22:33:55, Bob Durrett wrote:
>>>
>>>>On October 21, 2003 at 08:47:36, Bill Bahrenfuss wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>new SSDF List here http://w1.859.telia.com/~u85924109/ssdf/
>>>>
>>>>This finally answers a question I asked months ago and got no answer, perhaps
>>>>because no one knew.  Junior 8 is better on a single processor machine than
>>>>Deep Junior on the same single processor machine.
>>>>
>>>>Could it be that the Deep programs have overhead which reduces performance on a
>>>>single processor computer?
>>>
>>>I can't speak for Deep Junior, but Deep Sjeng definetely runs at full strength
>>>on a single processor machine too!
>>
>>A small difference in playing strength can be attributed to compiler flags for
>>SMP verses single threading.  The reentrant routines are sometimes slightly
>>slower.
>
>Not for Deep Sjeng.
>

Your statement is wrong in context of his last comment.  Thread-safe
libraries _are_ slower.  They _have_ to be.  But not by a lot.  And I
would agree with you on the "not 10%" point.  I have run SMP vs non-SMP
crafty many times.  It is about .1% difference, roughly.

>--
>GCP



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