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Subject: Re: Formula for hash table size

Author: Vincent Diepeveen

Date: 16:48:57 08/29/03

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On August 29, 2003 at 07:28:57, Joost Buijs wrote:

if clearing hashtable is what you do, then your program is *completely* outdated
or has a few simple bugs.

>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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