Author: Peter Kappler
Date: 15:06:21 10/09/99
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On October 09, 1999 at 14:08:54, Josh Levine wrote: >On October 09, 1999 at 12:41:42, Peter Kappler wrote: > >> >> >>Hi Josh, >> >>Glad to see somebody else is trying Java for chess programming. :-) >> >>Just curious -- what version of the JDK are you using, and are you running with >>a JIT or using HotSpot? Also, what hardware are you using? >> >>--Peter > >I am using Borland JBuilder2 JDK for compiling (I think its 1.1.6, and jdk1.2.2 >for compiling a working version (it compiles into faster program). As far as >the runtime, I use the 1.2.2 VM with the built in symantec JIT. I found that >the hotspot compiler is actually 15% slower, but I haven't tried it for more >than 3 or so games on fics. It seems it just never compiled all the methods and >the overhead of trying was killing the program. > >Josh Josh, If you haven't tried IBM's JDK, you can download it from http://www6.software.ibm.com/dl/dkw/dkw118-p It includes IBM's JIT, which is the fastest I've used (faster than Symantec's). Using it, my program (Grok) averages around 40-50 knps in most middlegames on a K6-3/450. Good luck with your program. Java is a nice language. :-) --Peter
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