Author: Tom Likens
Date: 05:42:29 10/29/03
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On October 28, 2003 at 23:46:56, Steven Edwards wrote:
>On October 28, 2003 at 23:37:28, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>On October 28, 2003 at 21:10:37, Steven Edwards wrote:
>>
>>>Here's a one question historical quiz that will test your knowledge of our
>>>little corner of the programming world:
>>>
>>>Who was/were the first programmer(s) to use bitboards for piece
>>>location/property representation?
>
>>without reading, I believe was both Slate/Atkin in chess 4.0 in 1974, and
>>the russian group working on Kaissa, with Donskoy as the main programmer.
>
>Of course, both the NWU Chess and the Kaissa programs used bitboards, and in
>apparantly an identical manner. Possibly Kaissa also used them in its causality
>facility ("method of analogies").
>
>>They apparently discovered this idea independently, at about the same time,
>>and both showed up with bitboard programs at the same time...
>
>True. But neither is the answer to the question! I know you know the answer,
>so please give it another try.
Hmmm, I had the same impression Bob had (at least initially). I'm not sure
I *do* know the answer :)
--tom
P.S. Maybe Botvinnik claimed credit (he certainly had enough other wild
claims regarding computer chess)?!
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