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Subject: Re: Data Structure Zealotry...

Author: Bob Durrett

Date: 06:11:49 11/20/02

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On November 19, 2002 at 22:54:37, Russell Reagan wrote:

>On November 19, 2002 at 20:32:27, Joel wrote:
>
>>What confuses me is that a lot of people here get very involved in these data
>>structure zealotry discussions! I read numbers such as a 'factor of 2' being
>>thrown around here and there, but don't fully understand the importance? Isn't
>>the branching factor in chess suffiently high enough for these factors to make
>>only a small difference to the programs chess playing performance?
>
>Yes. Everyone but Vincent seems to understand this. It seems there are several
>computer science 101 things he doesn't understand, from what I've read today.

That IS very funny!  : )

Where does that leave me?  I have not taken Computer Science 101.

Vincent is not so bad.  He just knows how to push Bob Hyatt's button!

Bob D.



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