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Subject: Re: hash, clearing hash, and percent of hash question

Author: Peter Berger

Date: 00:08:03 12/10/01

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On December 09, 2001 at 19:26:12, K. Burcham wrote:

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>512 megs ram.
>hash set at 256.
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>some programs give percent of hash used during a game.
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>using the above values, here is an example.
>the percent of hash used starts at 0%.
>as the program thinks the percent of hash value increases.
>so as the percent of hash gets to 90%, is this 90% of 256 megs?
>if this is 90% of 256 megs, and this 256 megs of ram is full of
>data analyzied by the program, then what happens to all this information
>after a move.
>these percent of hash readouts are going back to 0% after each move.
>my understanding is that none of the modern programs clear hash after
>any move, so what does this 0 value indicate. 0% of what?
>
>kburcham

I interpret the numbers just as you do. It seems that Shredder does clear
hashtables between moves - I know The King ( Chessmaster 8000) does.



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