Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 21:08:13 11/01/99
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On November 01, 1999 at 22:25:45, Christophe Theron wrote: >On November 01, 1999 at 19:49:30, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On November 01, 1999 at 18:20:21, Christophe Theron wrote: >> >>>On November 01, 1999 at 16:10:04, James B. Shearer wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> What advantage? We will give both programs multiprocessors. If other >>>>programs are too backward to use the extra processors that's not Hyatt's fault. >>> >>> >>>That's interesting. So you consider most of the top programs to be backward? >>> >>> >>> >>> Christophe >>> >>> >> >> >>Must the world revolve around hyperbole? >> >>He didn't say commercial engines are backward. He said "if they are too >>backward to use the extra processors..." >> >>There's a world of difference. >> >>You said "In a few years all commercial engines will be using a parallel >>search..." in another post. I wonder if they will develop their own, or if >>they will read the 20 years of parallel search research that has been done, >>and then use that? >> >>hmmm... > >I don't know. Personally I would prefer to have the time to think about the >problem by myself right from the start. I have always done this in the past, >because I did not have access to documentation about computer chess, and I have >found this to be powerful. > >Not because I am bright (I don't think I am, I'm just determined). But when you >think hard enough on a problem and find your own way, you can understand much >better what has been published and take the most out of it. > And isn't it nice that some of us have left such things for others to study? and you slowly begin to see what I have been talking about... As I said, it isn't necessary to reveal current secrets. But wouldn't it be nice to know how genius 2's search worked for certain? How Dave did his kingside attack stuff in older wchess versions? Or does all that get lost when someone 'burns out'??? >So I hope I'll have enough time to dive into this on my own as a first step, >then will read known techniques and try to find the best mixture between my own >stuff and public stuff. > >I hope the commercial pressure will not prevent me from doing it well. > >But I still see many improvements to do in my serial program, so I'm not really >looking forward SMP. > > > > Christophe
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