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Subject: Re: It's not FAIR!!!

Author: KarinsDad

Date: 11:03:08 06/12/99

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On June 12, 1999 at 13:31:20, James Robertson wrote:

>Whenever I send out a new version of my program, I usually do a lot of testing
>vs. other programs to see how good it is. Usually I get some really cool result,
>and can't wait for everybody to see how good my new version is.
>
>But then the test results start coming back: "Your program is very good; it only
>lost 300-1 to GNUchess", or "It had a mishap in it's match against Faile, but
>other than that it's quite good".
>
>It's not fair!!! How come most people send back results far worse than the ones
>I get on my computer!? I am so careful to check that the hash sizes are the
>same, the CPU use is the same.....
>
>Does anybody else have this experience?
>
>James

Welcome to the world of computer programming.

KarinsDad :)



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