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Subject: Re: 64-bit random number in .NET

Author: Koundinya Veluri

Date: 20:32:14 11/02/03

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On November 02, 2003 at 14:58:24, Dieter Buerssner wrote:

>I think, it is useful. Specially when you are in a debugging situation, it is
>nice to be able to reconstruct the conditions. Different initial numbers for
>Zorbrist hashing will make it more difficult. For a fully debugged stable engine
>(if it exists) it might be no problem at all, to use different numbers in
>different runs. I mentioned, that one might want to use hash-keys for book
>access. But one could do it in a different manner, too.

I use random zobrist keys every time the program starts, but the keys I used to
create the book are written to the book so there is no problem. I tried once to
find a good set of zobrist keys. I found a good set, but as soon as I modified
the program even slightly, I had to find another set. This was too much of a
hastle so I just decided to use random numbers as I was doing before. When I
debug though sometimes I set a constant seed so that the output is exactly
reproducable.

Koundinya



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