Re: [computer-go] Scalability study request

2008-04-12 Thread Gian-Carlo Pascutto
Don Dailey wrote: Gian-Carlo, We could probably add this new version to the mix and extend the study.But what kind of data has your own testing produced? Do you have an indication that it is roughly as strong at the same basic time setting (because of it's being 3X faster or so?) It is

Re: [computer-go] My experience with Linux

2008-04-12 Thread Martin Møller Skarbiniks Pedersen
Does Linux have a decent development environment yet? After using Visual studio, it would be a horrible loss of productivity to go back to vi/make/gdb. Of course the linux command line tools are great when you want them, but they are available on Windows through cygwin, so by developing on

Re: [computer-go] Scalability study request

2008-04-12 Thread compgo123
Doesn't the total number of playout simply relates to the search ply depth? DL -Original Message- From: Gian-Carlo Pascutto [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: computer-go computer-go@computer-go.org Sent: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:01 am Subject: [computer-go] Scalability study request Hi all,? ? the

Re: [computer-go] Scalability study request

2008-04-12 Thread Gian-Carlo Pascutto
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Doesn't the total number of playout simply relates to the search ply depth? I have no idea what you mean or what the relevance is in the discussion. -- GCP ___ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org

Re: [computer-go] My experience with Linux

2008-04-12 Thread Gian-Carlo Pascutto
Martin Møller Skarbiniks Pedersen wrote: Since I sell software, building Linux apps is out of the question, since Linux users will insist that I give them my work for free. OK ? Many companies creates linux software and make a good living. Sendmail is one of them. They don't make a living

Re: [computer-go] Scalability study request

2008-04-12 Thread Don Dailey
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Doesn't the total number of playout simply relates to the search ply depth? There is a relation, but it's not simple. The more playouts you do, the more lines you will explore to deeper depths. My suspicious is that with lighter playouts, you will tend to

Re: [computer-go] My experience with Linux

2008-04-12 Thread Martin Møller Skarbiniks Pedersen
Unfortunately I don't know how to sell support for my Go program, but I am open to ideas. I am sorry but I don't think it is possible to earn a living making Go program under linux. But maybe your problem could compile both under windows and linux and sell the linux version. /Martin

[computer-go] Re: My experience with Linux

2008-04-12 Thread Dave Dyer
The thing that really kills multiple platform programs are GUIs. Unless your GUI is born expecting to be cross platform, you're pretty much screwed. ___ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org

Re: [computer-go] My experience with Linux

2008-04-12 Thread terry mcintyre
--- Gian-Carlo Pascutto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Martin Møller Skarbiniks Pedersen wrote: Since I sell software, building Linux apps is out of the question, since Linux users will insist that I give them my work for free. OK ? Many companies creates linux software and make a good