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Subject: Re: Mixing 0x88 and bitboards

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 08:40:00 06/27/02

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On June 27, 2002 at 03:17:32, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:

>On June 27, 2002 at 00:11:41, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>>Actually, one wouldn't need a bitboard program to take advantage
>>>of the bitboard technique to do this.
>>>
>>>if (pawn_run_mask[pawn_loc] & BitMask[king_loc])
>>>
>>>--
>>>GCP
>>
>>
>>ahem... that _is_ a bitmap approach...
>
>That's what I said...maybe I didn't state it very well then
>
>It's a bitboard technique, but you don't need a bitboard
>program to use it (no need for incrementally updating
>bitboards).
>
>--
>GCP


Then it depends on your definition of "bitboard program".  IE, for me,
a bitboard program uses bitboards.  A non-bitboard program does not...

Maybe we should say "full bitboard" vs "partial bitboard"...

• Re: Mixing 0x88 and bitboards Gian-Carlo Pascutto 09:38:13 06/27/02
  • Re: Mixing 0x88 and bitboards Robert Hyatt 14:29:51 06/27/02
    • Re: Mixing 0x88 and bitboards Gian-Carlo Pascutto 00:29:51 06/28/02
      • Re: Mixing 0x88 and bitboards Robert Hyatt 20:40:15 06/28/02
        • Re: Mixing 0x88 and bitboards Gian-Carlo Pascutto 01:34:32 06/29/02
      • Re: Mixing 0x88 and bitboards Sune Fischer 03:34:01 06/28/02

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