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Subject: Re: A question in Gerbil engine?

Author: David Mitchell

Date: 11:54:38 06/02/04

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On June 02, 2004 at 11:39:18, Gopikrishna wrote:

>Where does board representation come in Gerbil? I mean initialising board like
>offset technique etc.. Does it come in Gen.c file or Makemove.c file or any
>other file? Thanks.

Right away, I see you've spotted the problem.

Bruce Moreland (author of Gerbil), has a mind of many rooms, many, many rooms,
indeed. He does write clear instructional info on his website, however. Be sure
to d/l and study them.

But just * try * to find the light switch to help you grok his code -- Yikes!!

Just * why * he can't use the same (and obviously correct) semi polish notation
for naming his variables, as I myself prefer, is a complete mystery. :)

Hyatt has a very good write up also on board representations for chess. I
believe Swafford does as well, iirc. Have you checked these out?

Decided which representation you like, yet?

Dave




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