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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