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Subject: Re: Additionally ............

Author: Sune Fischer

Date: 17:15:35 11/22/03

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On November 22, 2003 at 14:55:08, David H. McClain wrote:

>On November 22, 2003 at 12:51:17, Lois Winters wrote:
>
>>Never understood the purpose of the Computer World Championship when the Very
>>Strongest Programs are not included, it's like having a Human world championship
>>without kramnick, kasparov and Anand.
>
>Not only that I don't understand how the hugh differences in hardware are
>allowed.  Are they testing hardware or software?  SSDF would have a fit!

They are testing hardware + software, and the software capable of SMP has a
(well deserved?) edge here.

I don't think 11 rounds is enough to see which software is best anyway,
with only 11 rounds the 'science' turns into an unpridictable sport.

-S.



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