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Subject: Re: WAC's not much of a test any more for computers ...

Author: Scott Gasch

Date: 17:54:21 02/16/05

On February 16, 2005 at 20:23:31, Dann Corbit wrote:

>On February 16, 2005 at 19:50:15, Peter Berger wrote:
>
>>What a pity that you are still sworn to create a poem for each and every program
>>that manages to get 295/300 :P
>
>But a further requirement was that it occur on my 950 MHz AMD Athlon, where in
>the same 5 second time frame, crafty scores 292/300.
>
>However, in the light of a perfect score (albeit on a faster machine) I think
>crafty deserves some special recognition.

I'd be surprised to see many engines solve wac002 in under 5 seconds _with a PV
that includes a promotion_.  It seems like this is a position that overvaluing
passers can help you solve quickly.

Scott

Re: WAC's not much of a test any more for computers ... Dieter Buerssner 13:52:39 02/17/05
Re: WAC's not much of a test any more for computers ... Gian-Carlo Pascutto 00:54:11 02/17/05
Re: WAC's not much of a test any more for computers ... Richard Pijl 00:36:19 02/17/05
- Re: WAC's not much of a test any more for computers ... Scott Gasch 11:42:57 02/17/05
Re: WAC's not much of a test any more for computers ... Tim Foden 00:02:03 02/17/05

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