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Re: computer-go: Hashing during minimax



On Wed, Apr 23, 2003 at 09:53:22AM -0700, Peter Drake wrote:
> Of course, the trade-off may go the other way when I'm using a less
> trivial evaluation function (currently just counting stones)

This sounds like an awfully bad evaluation function, since it gives exactly
identical values for almost all moves (except those that capture stones or
commit suicide). Counting almost anything else ought to be better. Of
course seriously evaluating a go position is extremely hard to do.


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