Author: Ricardo Gibert
Date: 02:30:12 09/21/03
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On September 21, 2003 at 05:07:29, Tord Romstad wrote: >On September 21, 2003 at 03:59:04, Ricardo Gibert wrote: > >>Another reason I don't like BB's is it is just an accident that it is a good fit >>with western chess e.g. when you complete your BB program, try converting it to >>play Shogi (9x9 board) or Chinese chess (9x10 board). > >I am also not very fond of BBs (although I may give them a try when I get a >PowerMac G5), >but I disagree with this objection. BBs should work fine for shogi and xiangqi. > You simply >use 96-byte integers instead of 64-byte integers. Of course BBs will be >slightly slower >for boards bigger than 64 squares, but the same is true for all other board >representations. > >I even think I read about a BB based xiangqi program recently, probably in rgcc. > >Tord I see there is a misunderstanding. I was not contending that BB's are unworkable for such games. I was merely pointing out that these games do not fit neatly into BB's like chess does.
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