Are Bitboards More Intoxicating Than They Are Good?

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Dann Corbit
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Re: Are Bitboards More Intoxicating Than They Are Good?

Post by Dann Corbit »

Until an array program beats SF, the answer is "no".
The measure of an approach is the measure in total.
Not perft.
Not eval.
Not anything else.
It is "How does this paradigm perform in the real world, end to end?"
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