Author: Don Dailey
Date: 09:35:56 12/31/97
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>- Collect a set of worst-case positions to test the program on. >Get one with nine queens, one with all pawns blocked, one with >two bishops on the same color squares, that kind of thing. >The recently-posted positions with huge legal move counts would >- Despite all this work, there will still be bugs. When you >suspect one, buckle down and trace it! It's amazing how many >be good for this set. > >programmers are too lazy to fix rare bugs, or to decipher odd >behavior that might be a bug. > > Jay Excellent advice, do not let bugs live. When you know there is a but you must kill it at soon as possible no matter how rare. You never know what the other side affects are. -- Don
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