Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 06:15:35 01/27/99
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On January 27, 1999 at 01:05:21, KarinsDad wrote: >On January 26, 1999 at 22:23:26, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On January 26, 1999 at 18:59:34, KarinsDad wrote: >> >>>On January 26, 1999 at 09:33:36, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>> >>>[snip] >>> >>>> >>>> >>>>that's the purpose of main.c... but I get about 1 email every 2 months asking >>>>'how do I make the "null-move search" work?'... I can direct them to the top >>>>of search.c where I do that stuff in about 10 lines and I always get back "aha, >>>>simple once I see the code. the explanation is much more complex to follow." >>>>So the source code can help in many cases... ie 'how do you handle draws by >>>>repetition?' That is easy to see in search.c too, as is 'how / where do you >>>>probe the hash table and how do you use the results?' >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>>Robert, >>> >>>I wasn't going to look at the Crafty source in order to not be influenced, but >>>if it is really commented well enough that I can read it and get the same >>>information concerning a technique as I could from you here, heck, I might as >>>well do it (and I promise not to critique, well, maybe just a little ;) ). >>> >>>I'll let you know how it works out (probably this weekend). >>> >>>KarinsDad :) >>> >>>[snip] >> >> >>It is about 50,000 lines of code. At least 1/3 and maybe as much as 1/2 are >>comments... >> >>Bob > >Cool! Better percentage than my code. > >KarinsDad Told you I've been doing this for 30+ years now. _nothing_ worse than to try to make a change to something and you can't remember how that 'something' does what it does. :)
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