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Subject: Re: Simple qsearch question

Author: Dave Gomboc

Date: 19:25:51 03/24/99

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On March 24, 1999 at 19:55:58, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>yes... I just tried to make the code short.
>
>it really looks like this:
>
>  value=Evaluate();
>  if (value > alpha) {
>    if (value > beta) return(beta);
>    alpha=value;
>  }
>
>etc...
>
>Bob

I am thinking that the third line should be

    if (value >= beta) return (beta);

This probably wouldn't make much of a difference in Crafty, but in my Awari
program where I am only counting material, it makes a big difference. :-)

Dave Gomboc




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