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Subject: Re: Poor Doctor!! Humiliating victory by Hiarcs 7.32 in 20 games. ( pgn)

Author: Terry Ripple

Date: 01:28:04 08/03/99

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On August 02, 1999 at 15:08:49, Peter Kappler wrote:

>On August 02, 1999 at 09:09:24, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>On August 02, 1999 at 04:11:24, Tania Devora wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Hi! I made another tournament between the Super Strong Hiarcs 7.32 and Doctor3.0
>>>Poor Doctor! Hiarcs won by the incredible 18-2!
>>>Only 4 draws, the rest is Hiarcs victories.
>>>
>>>Machine used : K6-II 350 Mhz with 128 ram, 44 MB for each program,
>>>Time used is : G\30 Semi Blitz.
>>>
>>>
>>>Enjoy the games!
>>>
>>>And give me your opinion about the games!
>>>
>>>Thanks!
>>>
>>
>>Why continue to post flawed games?  (two programs on one computer).  IE
>>this is about as valid as doing bacterial cultures outdoors on a city street.
>>Interesting, but not valid.
>>
>>
>>computer testing using only one computer is simply worthless.  Except for
>>debugging...
>>
>
>Bob,
>
>I don't understand how single computer testing can be "simply worthless".  As
>long as both engines don't ponder, I think you should get results that are
>similar to 2-computer testing.
>
>I've heard the discussions about how not being able to ponder can slightly
>affect a program's time management, but I can't believe that this can completely
>invalidate the result of a long match.
>
>Even if there are some small side-effects from single-computer tesing, the
>impact should be roughly the same for both engines, right?
>
>Maybe somebody with 2 machines and some spare time could run a long match with
>both configurations and help to shed some light on this issue?
>
>--Peter
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Hi Peter,
  Mark Young claims that he played hundreds of games using both methods of a
single computer and also using two computers to run a series of matches and that
his results were very close in both cases!

Regards,Terry



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