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Subject: Re: Robert, I wasn't going to look at the Crafty source

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 19:23:26 01/26/99

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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 :)
>
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It is about 50,000 lines of code.  At least 1/3 and maybe as much as 1/2 are
comments...

Bob



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