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Subject: Re: proper hashing

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 09:04:53 06/09/03

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On June 09, 2003 at 11:01:26, Mike Adams wrote:

>thanks i had that code but i dumped it when i overhauled hashing but apparently
>i needed it still.  anyway this has been a good process to reunderstand how i do
>hashing. one question.  if beta is 1.1 and you fail high at 1.3 do you store 1.3
>or 1.1.  obviously if you store 1.3 you'll be more likely to get a cutoff...


You can do either.  Storing 1.1 is pure alpha/beta.  storing 1.3 is called
"alpha/beta fail-soft".  Both work fine.




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