Author: Matthias Gemuh
Date: 12:39:28 04/12/04
Go up one level in this thread
On April 12, 2004 at 13:03:37, Harald Lüßen wrote: > >The other places with pondering code semm to be right, too. >I think I am only doing pondering when it is allowed with >the command 'hard'. Default is ponder off. > >But there are always two threads working: one is collecting the >piped input from winboard. The other is thinking, pondering >or waiting. The main function is an endless loop with a check >for winboard input. May be there is no real wait state >like Sleep( 200 ); or something else in the main thread. >Is this a problem? Does this behaviour fool the taskinfo? > >Is there any indication that the next move is better(?) >because of pondering? > >Harald It sounds like Elephant is not really pondering, but lacks Sleep(1) in its endless loop and simply blocks 50% of opponent's CPU power. /Matthias.
This page took 0 seconds to execute
Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700
Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.