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Re: Just *how* hard is a GO playing program?

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From: a... Alan T. Krantz
Date: Wed, 05 Sep 1990 03:19
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In article <70...@milton.u.washington.edu> m...@Tomobiki-Cho.CAC.Washington.EDU (Mark Crispin) writes:
>In article <1990Sep3.0...@cbnewsh.att.com> w...@cbnewsh.att.com (Bill Stewart 201-949-0705 erebus.att.com!wcs) writes:
>
>	HRLOI AC,-1(COUNT)	; Halfword Right to Left Immediate, fill Ones
>	EQVI AC,ADDR		; EQuiValence Immediate
>
>right half of AC is -1, equivalence is an identity operation; so the
>immediate value goes into the left half.  Result: -10,,ADDR.
>
		 or

>	MOVN AC,COUNT		; MOVe Negative
>	HRL AC,AC		; Halfword Right to Left
>	HRRI AC,ADDR		; Halfword Right to Right Immediate


Why make things so compilcated. Why not simply

	MOVE AC,[-COUNT,,ADDR]	; Load ac with ....


Ho hum.











 
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From: a...@boulder.Colorado.EDU (Alan T. Krantz)
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Subject: Re: Just *how* hard is a GO playing program?
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Date: 5 Sep 90 03:19:51 GMT
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