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Subject: Re: Hash tables question

Author: Komputer Korner

Date: 22:35:38 11/23/97

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Now that we have your word that everyone uses some sort of replacement
strategy when the hash table fills up,  doesn't this mean that Chris
Whittington's description of the program acting like a drunken sailor
when the hash table is filled, a bit of an inaccuracy, thus the results
of the Korrespondence Kup are valid?
On November 21, 1997 at 12:34:26, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On November 21, 1997 at 11:06:15, mike cooter wrote:
>
>>In Fritz 5 when I set it up to think on infinite level, once my
>>hashtables fills up to100 percent, is the computer still thinking on
>>what is the best move? If it is, then what is the hash tables for?
>
>they are used to speed up the search.  However everyone uses some sort
>of replacement strategy when the table fills up, so that it continues to
>help the search, although at a somewhat reduced effectiveness...



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