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Subject: Re: depthfirst versus depthlimited

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 09:33:18 05/21/04

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On May 20, 2004 at 05:14:45, Pablo Rodriguez wrote:

>On May 20, 2004 at 04:08:18, Andre van Ark wrote:
>
>>Hi Vincent,
>>
>>Quarreling with uncle Bob, is that your (mental) preparation for the WCC?
>>
>>Kind regards,
>>André
>>
>
>   Very funny. I think it would be interesting if Robbert Hyatt participated in
>the WCCC. We would see Crafty vs Diep which Bob vs Vincent (the brains behind
>their respective programs) face to face at the chessboard after all they have
>said to each other in this forum. Not for people with weak nerves, but I think
>they might eventually even become friends, who knows... :)
>
>    Pablo

Actually, I can becomes friends with almost anyone.  The only requirement is
that they have at least a -little- honesty inside.  That obviously excludes
Vincent.  But you never know, he's bad-mouthed Crafty enough, maybe he'll get a
chance to show us all how badly it plays in Israel in a couple of months...


>
>
>>On May 19, 2004 at 22:28:50, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:
>>
>>>main() {
>>>  search(10); // search 10 ply depthfirst
>>>
>>>  for i = 1 to 10 // depth limited 1..10 ply search
>>>    search(i);
>>>}
>>>
>>>search(int depth) {
>>>  if depth == 0
>>>    then return eval();
>>>  else for all moves
>>>    search(depth-1);
>>>}
>>>
>>>Robert Morgan Hyatt doesn't seem to understand this in his thesis.



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