Author: Ulrich Tuerke
Date: 00:37:48 05/02/00
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On May 02, 2000 at 03:29:51, Georg v. Zimmermann wrote: > >A small difference (happens all the time : Computer is a bit faster / slower, >initial swaping, a bit less time, HT filled with a different numbers, parallel >randomness .... ) can result in a different move which will result in a >different game. > >Ever heared of Chaos Theory ? :-) > >Sincerely, >Butterfly I understood, the match had been repeated on the same machines, each prog getting 100% of the cpu. I consider the chance for producing another game from the same start position as microscopically small. But in principle, this possibilty is non-zero; so far I agree. But I would never exepect to observe such drastic differences as posted here ! Of course, the thing is very different if you play from a book containing weighted moves. Uli
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