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Subject: Re: What actually is "Book Learning"?

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 06:21:39 07/09/04

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On July 08, 2004 at 21:58:34, Norm Pollock wrote:

>What exactly does "book learning" do?
>
>And suppose multiple engines are all using the same book in a tournament, and
>that book learning is on. Won't the book learning of engine A influence the
>opening choice for engine B?
>
>Wouldn't it be much better for each engine to have its own personal copy of the
>"shared" book?


I can't imagine a shared book with learning in use.  At the best, you'd see file
corruption and conflicting learning results...




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