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Subject: Re: Data Structure Zealotry...

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 13:26:22 11/21/02

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On November 20, 2002 at 09:11:49, Bob Durrett wrote:

>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.


Actually he pushes the "button" of anybody that knows anything about computer
science.  Most of us don't like "disinformation" and he certainly drops enough
of
that around to get folk's attention...




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