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Subject: Re: EGTBs vs EG functions question?

Author: Bruce Moreland

Date: 21:57:01 07/31/01

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On July 31, 2001 at 23:24:13, Pham Minh Tri wrote:

>I know that we could use endgame tables or endgame functions for end game
>period. IMO, codes of EG function are much easier to develop, smaller and
>quicker than tables. However, I see that almost all strong programs use EGTBs,
>not those functions. Could someone explain to me why or advantages/disadvantages
>of EGTB vs EG functions?
>Many thanks in advance.
>Pham

Tables work all the time, and functions need to be tested on a huge number of
cases.

If you can write a function that will do it, you'd want to do this, because you
save the table access.

The problem is that it would be ridiculously hard to write a function that will
do the work of one of the larger tables, while the smaller tables could reside
in memory.

bruce




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