Author: José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba
Date: 15:47:03 01/06/99
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On January 06, 1999 at 17:36:35, KarinsDad wrote: >On January 06, 1999 at 16:11:16, José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba wrote: > >> I am not sure about what means that a program is stronger (or weaker) than >>other program. >> I see the program, its settings and the machine it is playing on as a single >>playing entity (not to forget that also at different time controls we can get >>very different results). >> For me "Program X with such and such settings running on machine A is stronger >>than program Y with some settings running on machine B at a certain time >>control" is a meaningful statement; but "program X is stronger than program Y" >>is not. > >If you use the phrase "program X is stronger than program Y", wouldn't you by >default have to assume comparable settings and comparable environments (OS as >well as hardware)? > No. Some programs are designed specifically for some architecture. It would be almost impossible to port them, and doing so would cripple them a lot. >Also, some programs are so much "stronger" than others that unless you limit >them in some way (such as turning off processing while the opponent moves, or >limiting the depth of the search), they will still beat the "weaker" program in >general while running on their minimal configuration while the weaker program >runs on a much more powerful configuration. > If two programs are intended for the same plattform, I agree that saying that one is stronger than the other is to be interpreted as you propose. Still, if the difference in strenght is small, the time control becomes an important factor. >While technically correct in your phraseology, this is merely a matter of >semantics. > >:) > >KarinsDad
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