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Subject: Re: Formula for hash table size

Author: Joost Buijs

Date: 04:28:57 08/29/03

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On August 28, 2003 at 21:26:25, Robin Smith wrote:

>On August 28, 2003 at 10:49:06, Joost Buijs wrote:
>
>>Normally how bigger the hastable the better it is.
>>However, the problem is that the hashtable has to be ajusted or cleared
>>inbetween moves, if the table gets very big this will cost noticeable time.
>>If you play games from lets say 3 mins/game you have on average 2 or 3
>>secs/move. If clearing your table takes a big part of this it can easely
>>degradate performance.
>
>Most programs no longer clear hashtables between moves. Why throw away
>information?

I think it is a matter of taste. My program performs about equal with or without
clearing the tables. Without clearing I had some nasty problems, specially in
the endgame. Thats why I still clear the tables between moves.

>
>Robin



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