Author: Ralph E. Carter
Date: 13:12:22 12/16/98
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On December 16, 1998 at 15:39:19, Heiko Mikala wrote: > >On December 16, 1998 at 15:00:50, Ralph E. Carter wrote: > >>I'm posting this because I hope everybody knows: >> >>In the "Fritz" or "Junior" interface, by ChessBase, when it is playing a game >>against an "engine" (like hiarcs6.eng), it sends a command to the engine to >>clear its hash tables before EVERY move. >> >>This could be serious, if the engine is one that retains information in the hash >>table between moves. >> >>Even "alt+tab" would be better than this. >> >>I am not arguing about the technical issues involved. >>I just think everyone should be aware of this. Don't you agree? > >No, because it's only half of the truth. And it's only the case for Winboard- >engines running in Fritz. Hiarcs 6 is not a Winboard engine, but it's a real >Fritz engine. By the way, as the programmer of a Winboard engine I can >assure you, that Fritz doesn't send the command "clear hash tables", >although what it really does may have the same effect for many engines. > >Did you read this in my post here on CCC, or do you have other sources? > >Greetings, > >Heiko. A well known expert posted on rgcc that this problem also affects hiarcs6 in engine-engine games on one machine. (which is how I have used it) Whatever the exact details, it should be investigated and people should know about it.
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