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Subject: Re: Regarding processors and Rebel-Hoffman game

Author: blass uri

Date: 12:57:09 09/06/99

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On September 06, 1999 at 15:22:29, Jeff Anderson wrote:

>Can someone please explain to me how a problem with  computer processor can
>cause it to play a move that is would not prefer at any ply on otherwise normal
>hardware?  I could understand how a problem with the processor would cause it to
>not search deep enough, or not search at all, and therefore play a weaker move
>than it would have, if it had performed a satisfactory search;  But how can a
>problem with the processor cause software like Rebel to play a move that it
>would never prefer at all if it had been running on proper hardware?
>Thanks,
>Jeff

I guess that the following explanation is possible:
If the value of one variable is changed because of hardware problems and not
because of a command of the program and the program believes that x=1 when the
right value is 0 then it can generate a bad move.

Uri



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