Author: Tom Likens
Date: 05:36:55 10/29/03
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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? > >Answer (rot-13): > >Gur nafjre vf abg fyngr naq ngxva jvgu gurve ajh purff cebtenz abe vf >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. >Uvf cvbarrevat jbex jnf vasyhrapvny va univat gur inevbhf obbyrna >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. I believe the Russian programmers from the Kaissa team were among the first. I also believe Slate and Atkin of the old Chess 4.x team discovered it independently at about the same time. --tom
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