Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 12:37:26 02/11/05
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On February 10, 2005 at 13:04:58, Gregory Owett wrote: >On February 10, 2005 at 11:46:33, Dann Corbit wrote: > >>On February 10, 2005 at 10:20:17, Gregory Owett wrote: >> >>>Hello, >>> >>>Do the engines play with equal chance? No. >>> >>>Note, as long as the programs run on different kind of machines, the result will >>>be only relative. >>> >>>As if the racing drivers drove cars of categories varied. Logically, one >>>couldn't classify them according to their own value. >> >>In an automobile race, do they put everyone in exactly the same brand of race >>car? >> >>In a bicycle race, do they put everyone on exactly the same bicycle? >> >>No, there are often differences in teams differences in equipment etc. >> >>Some people might write chess prgrams for the Mac, but not everyone is going to >>do that. Should they be disqualified? >> >>What if Hydra or Deep Blue wanted to enter? Should they be disqualified? >> >>What if a program was written only for Linux. Should it be disqualified? >> >>What if only free compilers are available to a given author, and not the >>fancy-pants expensive ones. Should that program be disqualified? Or perhaps >>all the others? >> >>What if you have spent months preparing your program for SMP and you have >>purchased an expensive multiple CPU machine? Should you disable all the CPUs >>except for one? >> >>Have you ever seen the movie "Around the world in 80 days"? >>The notion was "Whoever gets there first -- by whatever means -- wins." >> >>That is what kind of a contest this is. It is not better than a uniform >>platform event but it is not worse either. > >I saw many Grand Prix and Rally. Both are interesting, but I prefer the Grand >Prix. > >Question of taste. why? cars are not the same. Engines are not the same. Drivers are not the same. Tires are not the same. There is more differences in the "racers" than there are similarities...
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