Author: Sean Empey
Date: 11:32:14 07/13/04
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On July 13, 2004 at 14:16:54, Uri Blass wrote: >On July 13, 2004 at 14:03:14, Sean Empey wrote: > >>On July 13, 2004 at 13:40:37, steven blincoe wrote: >> >>>>Hardware is part of the program. >>>How would you test the strength of dedicated units when their hardware veries so >>>much? >>> >>>its true to some extent..sometimes i test computers with different hardware but >>>the resluts will generally always be true to the hardware >>> >>>the stronger the hardware used in a dedicated unit ,then the more powerful the >>>rating >>> >>>there will be no computer running on a Motoroloa 68000 32 bit processor that >>>could lose to a computer running on an 1806 processor >>>no matter how powerful the code for the chess program >>> >>> >>>but every year it seems we have the same resulting discussions for the WCCC... >>>this program lost because it was not running on a dual operton..or ..if we >>>used a qaud opteron we would have preformed better..etc.etc. >>> >>>Steve >> >> >>Yes, the discussions happen but they are IMHO, useless questions. Asking if >>Program A would run better on a quad is not reasonable if it is not a MP >>program, etc. I think people like to speculate how strong a certain program >>_might_ be, but their is a huge difference in MP implementations and pulling it >>off. If a program is not 64-bit then asking if it would have done better running >>on 64-bit architecture is also useless. Just my two cents. >> >>-Sean > >The problem is not only hardware. >Some programs were compiled by inferior compilers. > >Movei was compiled by Visual C++6 except the first round when I used a version >compiled by Dann Corbit but I found that there was a bug in time management with >ponder on and I also wanted to change other things during the tournament so I >used again a version that is compiled by Visual C++6 in the rest of the games. > >I was surprised to hear that Woodpusher was even compiled only by Visual C++5 >The programmer did not buy better compiler because it was too expensive for him. > >I do not think that it is a fair advantage. > >Uri So now people should be forced to compile in a specified compiler? It seems to me people are trying to cripple other's programs so that those programs that aren't as strong still have a chance to win. How is that fair? I don't see how handicapping everything is fair.
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