Author: Gian-Carlo Pascutto
Date: 11:56:27 11/19/02
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On November 19, 2002 at 14:53:45, Russell Reagan wrote: >On November 19, 2002 at 14:33:53, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: > >>A factor 2? I don't know about you, but I think a factor 2 is _big_. > >Surely a factor of two in move generation is not that significant. Even if you >had an effective branching factor of 2 (which no one has consistently) you still >wouldn't gain even an extra ply. > >And a 2x speedup in move generation or make/unmake doesn't indicate that the >engine is any faster at all. It might do things elsewhere that someone else does >in make/unmake for example. > >A factor of 2 in move generation or make/unmake says that they're in the same >ballpark to me. Then what's the point in mentioning this as a proof that bitboards are not inferior on 32-bit hardware? -- GCP
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