Author: Komputer Korner
Date: 15:39:13 08/03/98
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On August 03, 1998 at 08:24:04, Tom Kerrigan wrote: >I think it's interesting that you invented a new word and expect everybody to >understand it. Unless a program is brain-dead, it uses this "block hashing," so >why don't you just say "hashing" like everybody else? > >You can ask my program to use whatever amount of memory you want, and it uses >2^x entries, such that the hash table fits in the size you requested. If you ask >it to use 127 MB, it will use 64 MB. > >As for hash tables "filling up", this is a total non-issue, as I've explained >before. The hash table does become less and less beneficial as the search goes >deeper and deeper. However, this is NOT a reason for people to rush out and buy >more RAM. If you can convince me that using a 64 MB hash table gives you 50 more >rating points than using 32 MB, even at long time controls, I may consider >buying more RAM... > >Cheers, >Tom Something I still don't understand here. Some programs let you put in increments of hash tables in their menu that are not powers of 2. Rebel 9 has increments of 2,2.5,3,4,5,6,10,13 etc. for example. For long analysis, if you have large enough hash tables you can indeed have a program that is 40-50 points stronger than one with small hash tables. -- Komputer Korner
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