Author: Mark Young
Date: 21:13:51 05/29/99
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On May 29, 1999 at 23:49:47, Melvin S. Schwartz wrote: >What do you think Mr. Hyatt means when he says: > >"If program A on hardware B beats program D on Hardware E - does that say much >about A compared to B? This belies the principles of science - you have to have >a uniform platform for all participants to make any kind of judgement". > >Now, I understand that to mean exactly what I have said over and over again. And >that is simply the fact you have to have chess programs running on the same type >of hardware to make a proper judgement. Now, isn't that what Mr. Hyatt is >saying? Or perhaps you feel this is the first time he is wrong and you are >right? I will say again, SSDF is using a sound method of testing new programs. It is correct for SSDF to test new programs on p200 hardware against the whole ratings pool of SSDF programs, no matter if its the same hardware or not. This is what the match in question was a part of, if Dr. Hyatt thinks this is unsound let him say it. I bet he will not, nor do I think you speak for Dr. Hyatt. > >Mel
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