Re: [Bug-gnubg] Even, odd and half plies (WAS: New Contact Net Error Rates)

[Nis]

--On Friday, February 28, 2003 08:09 +1300 Joseph Heled <address@hidden> 
wrote:

> Nis wrote:
>
> > Just to make sure: The above is what I called 0.5-ply (since it is the
> > average of 0- and 1-ply).
>
> I call it 1.5 because calling it 0.5 would imply (psychologically) it is
> better than 0 and less than 1, but what we want is something better than
> 1.

Well, if we calculate this using reduced evaluation, it will take less time
than 1-ply. So I don't think the fact that it is on average better than 
1-ply should make us "change" the name.

--
Nis Jorgensen
Greenpeace
Amsterdam