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Subject: Re: Extracting information from rotated Bitboards

Author: jonathan Baxter

Date: 19:15:36 11/02/98

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>So in the light of all this, I would suggest that you stick with your rotated
>bitboards if you don't intend to use the PII or PPro platform, but if you do
>intend to use these processors, try doing it the old fashioned way and compare
>them. You may find, as I did, that this can beat the rotated bitboards now that
>bit scans are fast.

I'm curious: what is the "unrotated" or "old-fashioned" way.

Cheers,

Jon



Of course, it's a big decision, as it affects all sorts of
>program design decisions, but if you want to maximise the power of the PII/PPro
>box, bit scans are the key strength to tap.
>
>Hope some of this is of use to you. Good luck with Grim Reaper.
>
>Roberto



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