Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 11:07:13 06/07/05
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On June 07, 2005 at 13:54:26, Tord Romstad wrote: >On June 07, 2005 at 13:32:01, Dann Corbit wrote: > >>I think Olithink will be cryptic for a beginner. If you already understand >>bitboards, it is a beautiful work of art. But there are very few comments and >>giant mounds of magic numbers that will mean nothing to the one who does not >>already understand how they work. > >That's weird -- I had exactly the opposite experience. I never really >understood >rotated bitboards before I saw Olithink. I suppose different people just prefer >to learn in different ways. Maybe it's just an impression. I only understood bitboards when I read some articles about them and never got the idea when I just read some code. I got the notion that people would have a hard time understanding Olithink's bitboards, but maybe I am wrong.
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