Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 07:55:22 05/28/01
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On May 28, 2001 at 06:22:31, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >On May 28, 2001 at 01:40:52, Cheok Yan Cheng wrote: > >>For a game that used 8x8 board like chess, we can use the bit board >>representation by using a 64 bit sized variable. However, for the game that used >>board sized 9x10 like chinese chess, is it possible to use bit board >>representation that need 90 bit sized variable (where can i get a variable sized >>90 bits ??) >> >>thanks > >It's not smart to use bitboards at a 9x10 board. Someone once told Slate/Atkin "It isn't smart to use 64 bit values on a 60 bit architecture." They were soundly stomped by chess 4.x a few months later.
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