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Subject: Re: Conclusion

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 17:45:54 12/27/03

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On December 27, 2003 at 19:00:30, Daniel Clausen wrote:

>On December 27, 2003 at 14:05:23, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>On December 27, 2003 at 12:36:32, Mridul Muralidharan wrote:
>>
>>>On December 27, 2003 at 09:04:05, Sune Fischer wrote:
>>>
>>>>On December 27, 2003 at 04:58:51, Mridul Muralidharan wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>4) Even with a 1:10 or 1:8 advantage crafty only barely manages to catch up or
>>>>>beat these top order programs - so not much of a chance if they show up with the
>>>>>above mentioned machines.
>>>>
>>>>I believe you are jumping to conclusions with "not much of a chance.." :)
>>>>
>>>>Crafty seems to be more than just barely holding on, it seems to be winning
>>>>these matches at 8-10x speed advantage.
>>>>That would mean Crafty still has chances even with "only" a 4x speed advantage.
>>>>
>>>>I'm not saying it would be a favorite but it's enough of a lottery to say that
>>>>there are chances, and who knows what kind of hardware Bob could get his hands
>>>>on ;)
>>>>
>>>>-S.
>>>>>Mridul
>>>
>>>True - a good opening line which is favourale to crafty - and it could win even
>>>with a 1 : 2 disadvantage :)
>>>But it should be a good line - and this is like a jackpot - we cant count on
>>>this ;)
>>>On a even position - with lots of possibilities (not one of those dead drawn
>>>boring opening lines) - it would be tougher.
>>>If 1:8 just barely helps - then 1:4 is going to be a real challenge - also note
>>>- it is going to be lower than 1:4 - not even 1:4
>>>
>>>Mridul
>>
>>That's wrong.  Pick your current box.  I can _certainly_ find something that
>>will be 4x faster than any box that showed up at the WCCC this year.  And that
>>is the reference point for this "test"...  "would crafty be competitive."
>
>If they knew you'd show up they would also have got different hardware. :-D
>
>Sargon


It's not quite that easy.  A couple had the fastest thing available from Intel
SMP already...  Going to something non-Intel is non-trivial...



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