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Subject: Re: A new selective heuristic?

Author: Bruce Moreland

Date: 14:42:59 06/22/98

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On June 22, 1998 at 17:04:56, Don Dailey wrote:

>I still always run test suites first too, and for an algorithm like
>this is especially useful.  I agree they can often tell you with
>reasonable certainty that an idea DOES NOT work.  Also test sets
>are great at finding bugs.

Yes.

If my program does great on a test suite, maybe it means something.

If I run a tactical suite, and a new version scores really really badly on it, I
probably didn't make a tactical improvement.

Likewise, if I make a performance improvement, and I end up reaching less depth
in the same amount of time, the version is probably bogus.

bruce



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