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Subject: Re: 32bit hashing signature

Author: Vincent Diepeveen

Date: 03:49:39 04/16/01

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On April 15, 2001 at 14:12:57, Alvaro Jose Povoa Cardoso wrote:

>Is it sufficient to use 32bit hashing signatures in the 8x8 game of checkers?
>Or is it necessary to use 64bit signatures like in chess?
>
>Can anyone comment on this please?
>
>Thank you
>
>Alvaro Cardoso

in 10x10 draughts i was forced to use 64 bits, i had way too much
collisions even when storing 32 bits and looking up using 2^20 hashtable.

So even around 50 bits wasn't enough (as some bits get lost because of
8 probe).





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