Author: Severi Salminen
Date: 14:06:18 08/16/00
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>The efficiency difference is not important enough to worry about. Any >differences in strength will be far more dominated by your choice of algorithms >than by your choice of compiler. The biggest difference a compiler will make >is a small constant factor. What I ment was the difference between C and C++ in efficiency? Do objects have any tendency to be faster/slower than traditional implementations of same algorithms? >I would write in whichever I was more comfortable with, if I were you. Since >you are new to OOP, I suspect your C++ implementation would be dissapointing. >On the other hand, it would be a good way to learn the language better. >You will be dissapointed with the free Borland compiler for Chess programming. >If you just want something free, I think you will find that Cygnus GCC emits >better binaries. Well, the compiler performance is not a big issue here as I can allways chance to more efficient compiler. I hope Borland follows the normal ANSI-C standards... Where can this Cygnus GCC be found? Severi
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