[for degree=3, tic-tac-toe]
[before recoding to only check last mover's win]

[on AC power, 300mhz machine]

[copy.deepcopy() and State objects]
C:\Stuff\Mark\Writing\PP2ndEd\dev\examples\Part1\Preview\GUI>python tictactoe_sl
ow.py -mode minimax
{'mode': 'minimax'}
Time to move: 35.658978528
Time to move: 3.90052213413
Time to move: 0.132097420339

[dict board, with board.copy(), no State]
C:\Stuff\Mark\Writing\PP2ndEd\dev\examples\Part1\Preview\GUI>python tictactoe.py
 -mode minimax
{'mode': 'minimax'}
Time to move: 1.09293903686
Time to move: 0.299894399839
Time to move: 0.00914614727032

[dict board, with set mark, recur, set Empty (not .copy())]
C:\Stuff\Mark\Writing\PP2ndEd\dev\examples\Part1\Preview\GUI>python tictactoe.py
 -mode minimax
{'mode': 'minimax'}
Time to move: 0.974920799879
Time to move: 0.287641428787
Time to move: 0.00874721332909

[lists board, faster checkwin, checking both players and all slots in checkwin]
C:\Stuff\Mark\Writing\PP2ndEd\dev\examples\Part1\Preview\GUI>python tictactoe_li
sts.py -mode minimax
{'mode': 'minimax'}
Time to move: 0.717418997972
Time to move: 0.284553043128
Time to move: 0.0106061113998



[on DC power --> CPU runs 4 times slower (better timing info, bigger diffs)]
[occasionally almost as fast as AC on DC, but depends on whther CPU scaled back or not--must powerup each time]

[lists board, faster checkwin, check both players in checkwin]
C:\Stuff\Mark\Writing\PP2ndEd\dev\examples\Part1\Preview\GUI>python tictactoe_li
sts.py -mode minimax
{'mode': 'minimax'}
Time to move: 2.95783033574
Time to move: 0.804305301799
Time to move: 0.0099943009437

[dict board, mark, recur, empty]
C:\Stuff\Mark\Writing\PP2ndEd\dev\examples\Part1\Preview\GUI>python tictactoe.py
 -mode minimax
{'mode': 'minimax'}
Time to move: 3.98663152249
Time to move: 1.24256105533
Time to move: 0.0272398129369

[dict board, board.copy(), not State obj]
C:\Stuff\Mark\Writing\PP2ndEd\dev\examples\Part1\Preview\GUI>python tictactoe.py
 -mode minimax
{'mode': 'minimax'}
Time to move: 4.47969627382
Time to move: 1.28549422552
Time to move: 0.0504056387134

[copy.deepcopy()]
C:\Stuff\Mark\Writing\PP2ndEd\dev\examples\Part1\Preview\GUI>python tictactoe_sl
ow.py -mode minimax
{'mode': 'minimax'}
Time to move: 124.417967113
Time to move: 16.102509261
Time to move: 0.51567575722
