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Subject: Re: I Assume Jester Is Not Compiled...

Author: Matt Taylor

Date: 10:29:14 01/07/03

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On January 07, 2003 at 05:06:17, Graham Laight wrote:

>...or am I mistaken?
>
>There is a Java chess program called Jester at http://www.ludochess.com - and it
>seems to me to play a competent game.
>
>Am I right in assuming that this particular program runs in a JVM (Jata Virtual
>Machine), or is the program compiled prior to starting?
>
>In any case - while Jester probably isn't going to be challenging for the world
>championship, it certainly plays more than well enough to beat me at its default
>time of 3 seconds per move.
>
>-g

"Pure Java" means they're distributing byte codes. Java has 3 potential
compilation paths:

source->machine code
source->byte code->machine code
source->byte code->interpretation

Whether or not it's interpreted depends on your machine's configuration.

It beats me too. :(
I think it works a little like Bob Durrett posted.

"I think this is a good move."
"You don't want to do that."
"Why not?"
"Because...hah."
"That was my favorite piece."
"And now I have your rook, too."
"I hate you."

-Matt



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