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0 pointsmoomin8y ago0 comments

So here's the second question I'd ask: what happens if there was already a black pawn on the white queen's column?

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qznc8y ago

A 64bit data type means one bit per field. It is not 8bit per pawn. It does not distinguish between pawns.

Why would that matter? The bitboard representation allows for multiple pawns per column.

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0 pointsmoomin8y ago0 comments

So here's the second question I'd ask: what happens if there was already a black pawn on the white queen's column?

qznc8y ago

A 64bit data type means one bit per field. It is not 8bit per pawn. It does not distinguish between pawns.

Why would that matter? The bitboard representation allows for multiple pawns per column.

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