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Subject: Re: ssdf

Author: James T. Walker

Date: 18:28:01 03/06/06

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On March 06, 2006 at 19:33:23, Dann Corbit wrote:

>On March 06, 2006 at 19:29:08, James T. Walker wrote:
>
>>On March 06, 2006 at 15:11:25, Dann Corbit wrote:
>>
>>>On March 06, 2006 at 09:22:11, James T. Walker wrote:
>>>
>>>>On March 06, 2006 at 07:54:51, Lin Harper wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On March 06, 2006 at 07:01:17, walt irvin wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>since ssdf has been rating computer chess,,,,, i wonder what has been the
>>>>>>greatest gap between #1 and #2 on the list???????
>>>>>>
>>>>>>walter irvin
>>>>>  I know what you are alluding to... the upcoming gap between Rybka 64bit and
>>>>>whatever is number 2 in some months time. I have'nt been following the SSDF all
>>>>>along, but I think Deep Shredder only ever had about a dozen or less points
>>>>>between itself and the second place getter.
>>>>>   regards
>>>>>   Lin
>>>>
>>>>I think the SSDF does not have 64bit machines
>>>
>>>64 bit machines is not enough.  They must also have installed a 64 bit operating
>>>system, and the programs must be compiled with a 64 bit compiler for that OS.
>>
>>I think just not having a 64 bit machine is enough to discourage it's use.
>
>I think that most of the posters here probably have 64 bit machines (or at least
>access to one), but very few of them will have a 64 bit OS.
>
>Any of the AMD 64 bit CPUs or the INTEL EMT CPUs or the Mac or even those Xbox
>machines are using 64 bit CPUs.
>
>But not many run 64 bit Windows or even SUSE Linux 64, etc.

The posters here are not the issue.  It's about SSDF.



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