RE: [Bug-gnubg] Match statistics graph

[Albert Silver]

> >Chess Assistant's biggest strength (and it was the core of its
purpose)
> >was its ability to compress information and the speed of its
searches.
> >It was quite simply unparalleled, and could go through a 2 million
game
> >database in seconds. One of the keys to its speed was the use of
> >libraries for different parts. In other words there was a Player
> 
> Hmm, here you're describing the attributes of a very high tuned
database
> engine.

Yes, absolutely. I was just explaining how it worked. Not suggesting
this be done this way. The mian point was that

> >Here that score info could be stored in a
> >separate file and accessed according to need. That way it would be
> >faster, and would not imply touching pre-existing records.
> 
> And this is the database design. Both don't really have that much to
do
> with a backgammon programme.

Not really. The biggest issue that has been presented other than a worry
that users will constantly demand more, was that it would render large
existing records useless. The purpose of what I said was to deal with
this issue, not start building gigantic databases covering everything
from the pip counts to the shampoo brand of the users.

                                                        Albert

> 
> Regards,
> 
>          Holger