Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 07:18:54 07/04/02
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On July 04, 2002 at 04:05:11, Daniel Clausen wrote: >On July 04, 2002 at 03:40:53, Uri Blass wrote: > >>On July 03, 2002 at 14:45:21, Robert Hyatt wrote: >> >>>I don't think programs 20 years from now will rely on "strong pruning" >>>either. KISS is a good principle when possible. > >That could be from a politician. Of course the real question here is when it's >possible and when not. It is a simple fact. Which is better: (1) searching to a depth of 16 plies by forward pruning so that most branches only go to 12 plies; (2) searching to a depth of 12 plies, but extending the important lines so that they are searched to 16 plies. See why forward pruning is not the _only_ way to solve this problem? And why it is not necessary to have forward pruning in your engine, without worrying that you won't be as good as everybody that does. > > >>Pruning does not mean not seeing everything >>if you search deep enough and even today there are program that use >>zunzwang detection. > >Ah, another politician. Please feel free to specify "deep enough". :) > >Sargon > >PS. Did you know that too much sugar is not healthy? Also unauthorized parking >is forbidden. ;)
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