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Subject: Re: Fafis and the virus

Author: Dieter Buerssner

Date: 10:43:31 05/26/05

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On May 25, 2005 at 17:07:49, Dann Corbit wrote:

>Sometimes, I do not want the engine to clear the hash.
>
>For instance, I might be analyzing a game move by move in the form of EPD
>records.  My analysis will be almost twice as good for the same time interval if
>I do not clear the hash

I agree Dann. But in this discussion we referred to (unrelated) test positions
only, where clearing HTs should never hurt. In some cases, it could have (small)
advantages - namely to have reproducable node numbers in the output (for many
non SMP engines at least).

Regards,
Dieter



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