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Re: [computer-go] Using floating point sounds very strange to me

On Fri, Jan 07, 2005 at 10:46:30AM +0100, chrilly wrote:
> [...] if SlugGo plays stronger, Speed counts and one should not use -
> at least not on the x86 - floating point.

Of all the things GNU Go does, score estimation is so small part that
it really does not matter if it uses floats, ints, or a mechanical
abacus. Pattern matching, local reading, and other important suff
is mostly done with integers.


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Heikki Levanto   "In Murphy We Turst"     heikki (at) lsd (dot) dk

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