Author: Tom Likens
Date: 05:40:16 04/09/04
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On April 09, 2004 at 08:02:57, Tord Romstad wrote: <--snip--> >And by the way, what I said applies to all the engines which are weaker than >mine as >well. Like me, they would do well to concentrate on other tasks than low-level >optimization. If it's really true that my engine is stronger than 90% of the >others, >one of the reasons is that a significant fraction of those 90% thinks that the >major factor which determines the strength of an engine is the speed of the move >generator (I'm exaggerating a bit, but not very much). > >Tord Moreland made the (paraphased) comment one time that, "...some people would drive a railroad spike through their forehead for a 10% increase in search speed." I still think that holds true. --tom
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