yOn Sat, 1 Jun 2002, Adrian Ettlinger wrote:
> Thought I should add a brief comment to Shlomi's last on this subject.
> I concur essentially with his description of the state of affairs. To
> update, I've yet to tackle the specific problem to which Shlomi referred,
> because along the way a couple of other problems cropped up which took some
> time. I'm now finally clear to look at that remaining "minor" problem.
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> The multiple soft thread system is now functioning properly, and I'm
> very encouraged by the performance I'm seeing. For FcPro users' principal
> use of a solver, i. e., for a spot check whether a given position is
> winnable or not, my preliminary observation is that FCS might turn out to be
> the superior solver as against the modified Don Woods and Patsolve.
My use of Freecell Solver is a little different. I use it to make sure the
deal I am playing is solvable, regardless of whether the current position
is. Naturally, this is more of an issue with Simple Simon where about %20
of the deals are not solvable (at least according to the heuristic used by
Freecell Solver), than with Freecell where almost all initial deals are.
Regards,
Shlomi Fish
> Except
> for the "flaw" that it can announce a false impossible. That means, for a
> user, that while it might be faster on the average than the other solvers,
> users cannot trust an "impossible" verdict. This isn't a fatal flaw, as hot
> key usage can be made of either other solver when a user sees FCS say
> "impossible". But it will be an annoyance. Shlomi has indicated he has an
> idea on how to eliminate that problem, and I'll look forward to integrating
> that when it comes.
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> Once I feel it's "ready for prime time", I'll make it available for
> downloading..
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