Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 14:18:49 10/06/99
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On October 06, 1999 at 09:28:59, KarinsDad wrote: >Hello Robert, > >I doubt you want to place the authors of Deflection (current name) as KarinsDad >and DontKnow. ;) > >Well, our program doesn't exactly use bitboards if by bitboards you mean the >entire 64 squares represented in a 64 bit structure for various things. > >Instead, my program currently uses 8 bit bitranks, bitfiles, and bitdiagonals to >do bit manipulations. And, of course, these bit structures are within larger >structures. However, the bit manipulation is currently done at the byte level as >opposed to the 64 bit level (I only did it this way to keep table sizes small >and because it appeared to be simpler to implement the first time out). > >So, my question is: Do you mean by bitboards a complete 64 bit representation, >or does 32 bit, 16 bit, and 8 bit representations qualify as well? > >Thanks, > >KarinsDad :) In this context, 64 bits to represent 64 squares... Bob
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