Author: Daniel Clausen
Date: 13:45:05 07/13/04
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On July 13, 2004 at 13:59:33, José Carlos wrote: [snip] > And what hardware would you use then? Quads for everyone? Z80's? MAC's? > >>even if this means certain progs cannot be entered >> >>otherwise we are comparing apples witn oranges > > _This_ is the problem, not the hardware. WCCC is _not_ a comparison of >software. It won't tell what program is stronger, whatever that means. It's just >a chess contest that tells nothing about strength (it's too short). It's just >for the fun of the programmers and their teams. > Understanding this, the problem disappears. I agree. That doesn't mean though that unified-hardware events in general wouldn't make sense. Just as WCCC is a competition for the best weapon (SW/HW combination) someone can come up with, an event on platform XYZ is a competition for just that - the best software on platform XYZ. Yes, a "CC tournament on platform Sparc" excludes programs not running on a Sparc. That's neither an advantage nor a disadvantage. Afterall the programs DONT run under that specific platform. For the enduser of chess programs, a tournament on x86 with GHz/RAM/nCPUs restrictions would make sense. It's just that WCCC is no such tournament. Sargon
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