Author: Anthony Cozzie
Date: 09:39:55 10/20/03
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On October 20, 2003 at 12:10:00, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote: >Earl, > >If Microsoft has an OS for the 64bit system I am sure that it will crash too. >Terabytes of RAM are useful for massive EGTBs but little else. With ten pieces >on the board on each side in a typical middlegame I am not sure if these memory >enhancements would make much difference in chess. Sixty four bit and above >computing may be useful in celestial mechanics and nuclear weapon design, where >high precision calculations are needed, but not in chess. Bitboard programs like Zappa or Crafty use 64 bit integers all over the place ;) So, in fact the 64 bit ness of it all is quite useful. anthony
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