Author: Gregory Owett
Date: 01:46:58 02/12/05
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On February 11, 2005 at 15:37:26, Robert Hyatt wrote: >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... Yes, if You take the first and the last team, there is differences. But precisely, if you ask who is the best among the 2 pilots using the same material inside the same team, where all is identical, you have the answer. That must be comparable, don't you think so?
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