Author: John Merlino
Date: 10:52:16 04/09/04
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On April 09, 2004 at 13:43:10, Dann Corbit wrote: >On April 09, 2004 at 13:38:30, John Merlino wrote: > >>On April 09, 2004 at 13:33:36, Dann Corbit wrote: >> >>>On April 09, 2004 at 12:56:58, John Merlino wrote: >>> >>>>On April 09, 2004 at 02:24:36, Dann Corbit wrote: >>>> >>>>>On April 09, 2004 at 00:35:43, Les Fernandez wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>Is anyone aware of any study that has been done regarding the "time" thats >>>>>>needed to generate endgame table bases? Eugene would probably be the best one >>>>>>to consult with since he appears to be the "authority on this subject" but I am >>>>>>interested to hear from anyone. Certainly it is important that the times are >>>>>>all based on same hardware. I am interested in studying the times it takes to >>>>>>do each tablebase. By each tablebase I mean each individual one. >>>>> >>>>>According to my understanding the ChessMaster FEG tablebase files are faster to >>>>>generate and require less memory. >>>>> >>>>>I do not know if they can produce the statistics that you are interested in, >>>>>however. >>>> >>>>Yes, they can. The FEG utility can perform a summary of all files generated on >>>>your computer, and this includes the time it took to generate them. >>> >>>Is the format public? >> >>Nope. >> >>>Can other engines use the tables? >> >>Yes, if they had the format. :-) >>But for now, Johan is keeping it to himself. > >Well then, I think we have the answer to the question: >"WHy aren't people using the FEG format instead of Nalimov." >... Because Nalimov format is the only sensible choice. It makes the previous >and tedious debate seem extremely silly to me now. I knew that.... ;-) Although I think the intended point of the debate was to determine which format was "better", rather than which format should people be using. But, sadly, like many CCC debates, I don't think anything remotely close to a consensus was reached. Isn't computer chess fun??! jm
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