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Subject: Re: How is this possible?

Author: James T. Walker

Date: 08:06:35 12/19/04

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On December 19, 2004 at 09:28:09, Tansel Turgut wrote:

>Dear Joachim,
>
>It is very interesting. i thought that the engines should get the same
>conclusion, but one might need more time to achieve it.These are mathamatical
>calculations, i thought that they shouldn't change if you change the processor
>speed and the ram etc. (just should take more time)
>
>both computers have single processors running at 256 ram. One has AMD and one
>has an intel processor. program is Shreeder 8 (but i noticed this with junior 8
>earlier also)
>
>best regards,
>Tansel

I'm sure that one of the reasons is the amount of RAM you give the program for
hash tables.  I've noticed the same thing when the hash tables are different
sizes.  I have 2 identical XP2400+ machines and if the hash table size is
identical then the moves are usually identical at every iteration.
Jim



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