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Subject: Re: Can someone remind me?

Author: Christophe Theron

Date: 20:22:55 07/08/99

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On July 08, 1999 at 17:58:37, Chris Taylor wrote:

>One person said something along the lines of, average time, as set on comp v
>comp, is not a true reflection of results?  Like it is not a proper way to go on
>in testing machines, against each other?  WHY?

It was me, and Jim Walker in the other post in reply to yours has very well
explained why using average time control is not serious.

To be short: the only way to fairly test programs against each other is to use
real time controls (I mean X moves in Y minutes, or all the game in Y minutes).

Average time control is a toy and should NOT be relied on for serious testing.


    Christophe



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