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Subject: A one question historical quiz

Author: Steven Edwards

Date: 18:10:37 10/28/03


Here's a one question historical quiz that will test your knowledge of our
little corner of the programming world:

Who was/were the first programmer(s) to use bitboards for piece
location/property representation?

Answer (rot-13):

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vg qbafxl rg nyy sebz zbfpbj jvgu gurve xnvffn cebtenz.  Gur svefg
ovgobneq cebtenz jnf gur snzbhf purpxre cynlre sbe gur voz znvasenzrf
sebz gur svsgvrf jevggra ol neguhe fnzhry.  Obea va gur svefg lrne bs
gur gjragvrgu praghel ur jnf ng gur gvzr bs uvf cnffvat rvtugl avar
lrnef yngre cebonoyl gur jbeyq'f byqrfg npgvir pbzchgre cebtenzzre.
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ovgjvfr bcrengbef orvat fgnaqneq va zbqrea vafgehpgvba frgf, jvgubhg
juvpu gbqnl'f purff ovgobneq cebtenzf jbhyq or vasrnfvoyr.  Uvf cncref
qrfpevorq ubj ur pnzr hc jvgu gur vqrn bs rzorqqvat n guvegl gjb ovg
ercerfragngvba bs gur npgvir fdhnerf ba n purpxre obneq va gur guvegl
fvk ovg jbeq bs gur voz znvasenzrf ur unq ninvynoyr.  Uvf cebtenz nyfb
hfrq znpuvar yrneavat, na bcravat obbx, genafcbfvgvba qrgrpgvba, naq
znal bgure grpuavdhrf nyy ybat orsber gurve nccrneraprf va purff
cynlvat cebtenzf.





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