Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 12:16:59 09/10/01
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On September 09, 2001 at 23:55:10, Edward Seid wrote: >For months, I've followed the various threads on CCC. I also operate >HiddenDragon(C) [Gambit Tiger 2.0], one of the stronger comps on US Chess Live. >I've even exchanged emails with such chess programming heavyweights such as Mike >Leahy(Bookup), Gerrit Reubold(Der Bringer), and Dieter Buerssner(Yace). > >I've tried denying it, but now must face the truth... I'm addicted to computer >chess!!! This discovery hit me suddenly today. I've been out of college for >nearly 15 years. It was back in the day when I first had a taste of FORTRAN, >Pascal, and COBOL. I haven't thought much about programming at all since >then... until today. Today, at a Friends of the Library book sale in San >Francisco, I did something completely out of character for me. For $1, I bought >a book titled 'C for Dummies'. > >That's right... a guy who hasn't looked at a snippet of computer code for 15 >years, who can barely navigate thru HTML. I've done it... I've crossed over to >the dark side. > >ed seid >operator of HiddenDragon(C) on US Chess Live > >PS After I speed read thru my 'Dummies' book, where do go from there? Any >other good 'C' books, or programming books in general? Of course, the final >goal is to program my own chess program. That book is unbelievably awful. It has so much outright crap in it, you will have to spend time unlearing. It is on the same level as the tripe spewed by Schildt and Traisiter. K. N. King's book on C is a very good beginning book. Look at the C FAQ for other good recomendations: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/C-faq/top.html A chess engine as a first project is incredibly daunting. Look at TSCP and SCP for ideas on how to start.
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