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Subject: Re: A one question historical quiz

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 06:49:42 10/29/03

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On October 29, 2003 at 02:05:33, Tony Werten wrote:

>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?
>
>What is the nwu chess program ? Or did your rotate go wrong for numbers and
>should it be 4.0 ?
>
>Tony

Northwestern University.  That's where Slate/Atkin were when they were
working on chess 1-3 and the bitboard 4.0 program.


>
>>
>>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.



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