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Subject: Re: I'm tired of people asking "What if Hydra was on a slower computer"

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 12:35:47 08/30/04

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On August 30, 2004 at 14:57:40, David H. McClain wrote:

>So is the argument valid that Hydra is a better chess program, or is it better
>because of its hardware?


Impossible to answer because "hydra" is not a "chess program".  It is a
chess-playing entity with both hardware _and_ software components.  I don't see
how to remove the hardware component for comparison any more than it was
possible to do so with deep blue.



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