Don Dailey wrote:
I also feel for the Mac people and also people that have built programs that run on networks of workstations or other potential supercomputer programs that would not be able to participate. - Don
Although I am one of the participants with access to non-conventional computational power, I must say I like the idea of uniform-platform tournaments. Uniform platform allows to avoid comments such as "that program won because it had better hardware", or the frustration of the poor participants that don't have access to big hardware.
I like tournaments such as the Computer Olympiad that allow anything, too. It is particularly cool to meet participants such as Hideki who uses a network of playstations. But it does not mean that uniform-platform is evil. It is a different kind of tournament format, that also has its qualities.
Nick is in a better position to comment about this, but I also suppose that when a sponsor such as Toshiba provides hardware and prizes, it may not be very happy to see a program win with non-Toshiba hardware.
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