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Subject: Re: What makes Junior so good?

Author: Amir Ban

Date: 15:42:57 04/30/00

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On April 30, 2000 at 16:39:04, Christophe Theron wrote:

>On April 30, 2000 at 06:47:29, Amir Ban wrote:
>
>>On April 29, 2000 at 11:31:09, Eran wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>I am sorry if I said it. Okay I believe you that Junior6 has underpromotion code
>>>and that's wonderful. Maybe I will consider buying it. Does Junior6 consume
>>>hashtable memory as large as fritz does? Is having large hashtable memory
>>>important for Junior6? Is 40 MB hashtable enough for 40/120 games?
>>>
>>>Eran
>>
>>More memory for hash is good, but Junior is not very sensitive to it and you can
>>change memory size by order of magnitude without obvious effect on playing
>>strength.
>>
>>The comparison to Fritz is interesting and backward: I believe that Fritz 6
>>(new) consumes less memory than previous versions and the reason may be a
>>conversation I had with Frans about this in Paderborn, from which he may have
>>decided that he doesn't need so much memory.
>>
>>Amir
>
>
>
>I must admit I don't understand what you say...
>
>
>    Christophe


Then why don't you ask :)

I understood from Frans that he's hashing quiescence nodes. I told him I don't,
and that I consider it a waste of time.

Amir




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