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Subject: Re: Simple qsearch question

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 05:11:08 03/25/99

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On March 24, 1999 at 22:25:51, Dave Gomboc wrote:

>On March 24, 1999 at 19:55:58, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>yes... I just tried to make the code short.
>>
>>it really looks like this:
>>
>>  value=Evaluate();
>>  if (value > alpha) {
>>    if (value > beta) return(beta);
>>    alpha=value;
>>  }
>>
>>etc...
>>
>>Bob
>
>I am thinking that the third line should be
>
>    if (value >= beta) return (beta);
>
>This probably wouldn't make much of a difference in Crafty, but in my Awari
>program where I am only counting material, it makes a big difference. :-)
>
>Dave Gomboc


good eyes...  :)

correct



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