$ gcc -O2 -o tbgen tbgen.cpp
In file included from tbgen.cpp:321:
tbindex.cpp: In function `int FCheckExistance(char*, int, color)':
tbindex.cpp:4093: error: invalid conversion from `const char*' to `char*'
tbgen.cpp: In function `void VCreateTable(int, int)':
tbgen.cpp:2446: error: invalid conversion from `const char*' to `char*'
OK, It compiles error-free now.
I still need to learn a programming language but for this a shortcut was taken.
Comparing the compiling errors in question from this download:
Dr.Wael Deeb wrote:I am surprised that a skilled programmer like H.G.Muller is not aware of this fact....
Dr.D
It was more meant as a question. Obviously I cannot make any definite statements about a program I have never seen, and only have heard vague rumors about.
I have my own 5-men generator, which takes abot 2 minutes to generate a 5-men like KQRKQ in memory. And I know for sure that this generator is not CPU bound: it is waiting for DRAM access 95% of the time.
From what I heard of others, I had understood that the Nalimov generator is much slower, and I assumed that this was because it was using disk rather than RAM as storage medium. If that is a wrong assumption, I am at a loss as to why it should be so slow.
Dr.Wael Deeb wrote:I am surprised that a skilled programmer like H.G.Muller is not aware of this fact....
Dr.D
It was more meant as a question. Obviously I cannot make any definite statements about a program I have never seen, and only have heard vague rumors about.
I have my own 5-men generator, which takes abot 2 minutes to generate a 5-men like KQRKQ in memory. And I know for sure that this generator is not CPU bound: it is waiting for DRAM access 95% of the time.
From what I heard of others, I had understood that the Nalimov generator is much slower, and I assumed that this was because it was using disk rather than RAM as storage medium. If that is a wrong assumption, I am at a loss as to why it should be so slow.
Its probably slow because its an old chessbase program from 1999. it will only use 1 cpu and you cannot run more than one instance.
It came on my Hiarcs 7.32 disc. It is TBGen.exe v 1.0.0.1
If any one knows of a newer version that is available for download I would like to know.
That doesn't sound like an explanation. Old programs speed up just as much when you run them on a faster computer. We are not comparing running time on 1999 hardware with that of a Core 2 Duo. My generator also uses only a single CPU.
