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Subject: Re: Do programmers mean to the same thing when they say nodes?

Author: blass uri

Date: 04:41:01 09/06/99

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On September 06, 1999 at 07:05:03, blass uri wrote:

>I know that nodes in some programs(like Junior) include illegal moves and my
>question is if the same illegal moves are defined as nodes by all the programs.

I am not sure about the definition of nodes about Junior but I am sure that
Junior generate illegal moves and it discovers that they are illegal only by
search so I guess that it does not count only legal moves as nodes.

Uri

>
>If the answer is negative then we cannot say that one program is a faster
>searcher only because it searches more nodes per second.
>
>We need a clear definition of nodes to compare.
>
>Uri

• Re: Do programmers mean to the same thing when they say nodes? Bas Hamstra 07:09:57 09/06/99
  • Re: Do programmers mean to the same thing when they say nodes? Daniel Clausen 11:40:52 09/06/99
  • Re: Do programmers mean to the same thing when they say nodes? Robert Hyatt 07:56:07 09/06/99
  • Re: Do programmers mean to the same thing when they say nodes? Andrew Williams 07:51:55 09/06/99
    • Re: Do programmers mean to the same thing when they say nodes? Bas Hamstra 11:40:00 09/06/99
      • Re: Do programmers mean to the same thing when they say nodes? Andrew Williams 12:49:43 09/06/99

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