Author: Dave Gomboc
Date: 11:15:23 04/30/00
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On April 29, 2000 at 16:42:06, Robert Hyatt wrote: >I think most do that already. IE I first probe the hash table, then I probe >the EGTB, then I call eval which first checks for clear draws. If it finds >one it returns. If it finds no pawns it does a special mate evaluation. If >it finds pawns, it does a normal lazy evaluation. Sure, I also think most programs do stuff like that. What I'm trying to bring attention to is (my supposed) explicit structural feature of Bruce's code re: his use of handlers. I suspect that most programs simply have this kind of logic hardwired in procedural fashion instead, e.g. if (blah) call sub else if (blah)..., which would be significantly less malleable over some fixed period of time. Dave
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