Author: Tony Hedlund
Date: 04:25:38 02/23/99
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On February 22, 1999 at 19:57:55, Dann Corbit wrote: >On February 21, 1999 at 13:04:32, Bruce Moreland wrote: >>In these SSDF games, does the new program always get the better hardware? >A program would always get *known* hardware, I would suspect. Since most >long-time programs are known on slower hardware, and you have to have one known >entity, it seems most probable that the new program in question will get the >fast hardware on the first go-round. I suspect that there are a few exceptions. > But when you think about it, and there is a single slow and a single fast >machine available, there is only one logical choice. > >While it might be 'fun' to pit the new program on slow hardware against a known >program on the fast hardware, nothing about the ratings would be learned. Well put! Tony
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