Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 10:56:37 06/01/04
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On June 01, 2004 at 12:03:44, Sune Fischer wrote: >On June 01, 2004 at 11:52:50, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>> >>>As for pondering you obviously can't play with ponder on at a uni-processor, so >>>I don't see how that can come as a surprise. >> >>I do it all the time with no problems whatsoever. So what if each program gets >>1/2 of the processor? > >1/2 cpu, exactly, would be no problem. >But what if one engine decides to "ponder" with 10 threads, or if the threads >don't run at the same priority? > >What if one engine decides to skip pondering for one move, then the other gets >100%. That's double punishment. That's a stupid engine, too. :) > >>>TBs, well, they are nice but unless you distribute them as part of the engine >>>package you can't really expect all users to have them or even demand that the >>>engine always have access to them. >>>They are an add-on that might or might not be there. >>>If you are dead set on Crafty always playing with TBs, then you can just have >>>Crafty exit if it doesn't find the TBs :) >> >> >>I'm not "dead set". But how many posts do you see her where some commercial >>engine can't mate with some simple ending like KBN vs K, when the tables are >>missing? I can handle no tables just fine, myself... but if someone relies on >>them, they ought to be able to rely on them all the time. > >Well if the engine needs them that badly then they should have the program exit >with "critical external library not found" sort of error. :) > >But I very much doubt that the Fritz box says "here is Fritz, a 2750 Elo engine, >oh BTW, please use Nalimovs TBs otherwise it's dumb as a door." >So I'd figure it would do just fine without them. > >-S.
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