Author: Joost Buijs
Date: 01:41:49 08/30/03
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On August 29, 2003 at 19:48:57, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >On August 29, 2003 at 07:28:57, Joost Buijs wrote: > >if clearing hashtable is what you do, then your program is *completely* outdated Yes, indeed my program is outdated. But still it is able to beat the hell out of diep. >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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