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Subject: Re: Would the authors of each program tell us what processor to use?

Author: Tom Kerrigan

Date: 09:39:08 02/16/00

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On February 16, 2000 at 10:40:42, Randy Schmidt wrote:

>I tried to ask this in an earlier post and while some good comments
>were made, the question is still begging for an answer!
>
>So now I ask the program's authors....what processor is the best
>one IN YOUR OPINION, to run your program?  Surely the chess author's
>would have a very good feel for this question!
>
>Thanks.

I'm not sure this question warrants this much effort.

You can pretty much just go and buy a fast processor. Then your programs will
run fast.

It's not like Rebel will run 10 times faster on the Athlon than on the
Pentium... (or whatever)

-Tom

• Re: Would the authors of each program tell us what processor to use? James T. Walker 15:10:36 02/16/00
  • Re: Would the authors of each program tell us what processor to use? Tom Kerrigan 17:49:04 02/16/00
    • Re: Would the authors of each program tell us what processor to use? James T. Walker 18:24:14 02/16/00
      • Re: Would the authors of each program tell us what processor to use? Tom Kerrigan 22:57:18 02/16/00

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