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Subject: Re: Fritz 7 labotomy? A second opinion.

Author: Steve Lopez

Date: 15:18:12 04/10/02

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On April 10, 2002 at 16:45:09, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:

>On April 09, 2002 at 23:21:47, James T. Walker wrote:
>
>>I see nothing
>>to indicate that 256 Meg hash is "too big" and causes a Fritz labotomy.
>
>I haven't tested it, but I would be surprised if Fritz
>had _any_ kind of trouble with using huge hashtables
>for fast timecontrols. Most likely bigger=better, no
>matter what (*).
>
>There was a discussion about the info in the T-Notes
>a week or so ago, and I think that the general conclusion
>was that they are occasionally full of nonsense.
>
>(*) of course, as long as it actually fits into RAM and
>no swapping takes place
>
>--

And, as I said in that discussion, I stand by what I wrote. The information came
directly from the programmers, though it is possible that the disk swapping
scenario plays into their comments.

-- Steve Lopez

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