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Subject: Re: WCCC9 and WMCCC Paderborn June 1999

Author: Bruce Moreland

Date: 23:55:42 02/24/99

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On February 24, 1999 at 16:58:15, Don Beal wrote:

>On February 24, 1999 at 12:44:41, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:
>
>>My program runs at a 4 processor Xeon from Bob, but it is running
>>at a PC-system, and it also available at 1 processor.
>>
>>Does that count too?
>
>You have to choose whether to enter the 4-processor version, or the
>1-processor version.  If you enter the 4-processor version it won't
>be eligible for the current microcomputer title.
>
>This raises an interesting question, though. Would the participants
>welcome another title category for multi-processors of the Xeon type?
>They look like becoming widespread machines.  The disadvantage of
>too many titles is that it creates confusion and might be thought to
>devalue the existing title.  I'd be interested to hear the opinions
>of the participants.

Let us please have exactly one title, rather than trying to award two or three
titles in a single 7-round tournament.

This way I can just show up with the best thing I can come up with, and not
worry about trying to hold something back in order to fit into a less
competitive category.

bruce



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