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Subject: Re: To Vasik - What is the progress of MP Rybka ?

Author: Vasik Rajlich

Date: 05:21:09 01/19/06

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On January 18, 2006 at 15:42:17, Dann Corbit wrote:

>On January 18, 2006 at 10:20:43, stuart taylor wrote:
>
>>On January 18, 2006 at 07:21:27, Vasik Rajlich wrote:
>>
>>>On January 18, 2006 at 04:15:20, Majd Al-Ansari wrote:
>>>
>>>>Just wanted to know how the progress is going for the multiple processor version
>>>>of Rybka.  Also will it be sold as a seperate engine or part of the Rybka 1.2
>>>>options.
>>>>
>>>>Thanks
>>>
>>>Majd,
>>>
>>>multi-processor Rybka is a project for later in the year. It's also likely to be
>>>a relatively low-end implementation, IMO search and evaluation intelligence are
>>>more important.
>>>
>>>Vas
>>
>>You will keep the single-proccessor program updated with it? Or might you do as
>>Fritz did, which was to make the multi-proc. updated and improved, and leave the
>>single-proc., as a lower level, out of date engine? This forced many people with
>>only a single-proc. computer to buy the dual engine, just to get something
>>slightly stronger. It also costed about twice as much, and, it took about
>>another year for Fritz to make the next single pro. This was a two-year gap.
>>S.Taylor
>
>For sure, his approach is the right one:
>1.  Make it right.
>2.  Make it fast.
>
>The reverse order is always a mistake.

Actually, it's more like this:

1) Code it fast
2) Make it right
...
8) Make it run fast

:)

Vas



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