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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