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Subject: Re: [Freeciv-Dev] PATCH: AI governments
From: Greg Wooledge <wooledge@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 6 Jul 1999 19:51:12 -0400 
rizos@xxxxxxxx (rizos@xxxxxxxx) wrote:

> As i wrote last month, the main criterion for a government change is 
> the maximization of the quantity (3*trade_prod + 2*shield_surplus)/5. 

This is mathematically equivalent to maximizing the quantity
(3*trade_prod + 2*shield_surplus).  There's no need to divide by 5; and
removing that division from the code will make it ever-so-slightly faster.

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