Author: Uri Blass
Date: 00:20:48 05/27/03
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On May 27, 2003 at 00:26:14, Christophe Theron wrote: >On May 26, 2003 at 11:22:09, Kurt Utzinger wrote: > >>On May 26, 2003 at 02:40:49, Andre van Ark wrote: >> >>>On May 26, 2003 at 02:06:37, Heinz-Josef Schumacher wrote: >>> >>>>>If you want my opinion it doesn't make any sense. Or I need a good explanation, >>>>>and some evidence. >>>> >>>>Exact my opinion! This rumour is in Germany in many heads, but without any >>>>evidence! More than 32 MB hash tables perhaps not useful for the King, but not >>>>bad! People had only misunderstood an old statement by Johan. >>> >>>Good day, >>> >>>32 MB is being used because Johan used in Leiden 30 MB. >>> >>>Kind regards, >>>Andre van Ark >> >> From own [old] tests under CM9-GUI in the analysis mode, I can remember >> that some positions could not be solved at all or not within reasonable >> time if hash tables were set higher than 32 MB hash. This may however be >> no longer a problem after the second patch has been released [I have >> however not investigated this]. And as Andre stated: Johan de Koning does >> not seem to use more than 32 MB hash and there must be some reason for that. >> Kurt > > > >The only reason I can think about is that there is some bug in The King hash >table management. Or some strange design decision. That's what you say suggests >to me, but I must add immediately that given the quality of Johan's work I don't >really believe that it is the case. > >Anyway maybe it would be better if Johan could tell us what to do (and if >possible, why). > > > > Christophe Shredder and Fritz have bugs so I will not be surprised if the king has bugs. A program may play and play well inspite of bugs. Uri
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