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

Author: KarinsDad

Date: 22:05:21 01/26/99

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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



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