Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 20:37:28 10/28/03
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On October 28, 2003 at 21:10:37, Steven Edwards wrote: >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? without reading, I believe was both Slate/Atkin in chess 4.0 in 1974, and the russian group working on Kaissa, with Donskoy as the main programmer. They apparently discovered this idea independently, at about the same time, and both showed up with bitboard programs at the same time...
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