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Subject: Re: c,c++5,c#.

Author: Omid David Tabibi

Date: 18:40:38 08/12/04

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On August 12, 2004 at 21:00:32, Russell Reagan wrote:

>On August 12, 2004 at 20:43:30, Omid David Tabibi wrote:
>
>>On August 12, 2004 at 20:23:16, Russell Reagan wrote:
>>
>>>On August 12, 2004 at 16:35:38, Omid David Tabibi wrote:
>>>
>>>>How many C# chess programs are there?
>>>
>>>I don't know. How many?
>>
>>Had I knew the answer, I wouldn't have asked you. I'm not aware of any chess
>>engine written in C#, but I thought that since you are the proponent of using C#
>>for chess, you might know...
>
>I'm not a proponent of using C# for chess.
>
>Here is what I said:
>
>>In the short term, at least, the C# programmer will have a very big advantage
>>and the C/C++ programmer will be struggling to play catch up.
>
>That is true, but it doesn't mean I would recommend using C# for a chess
>program.
>
>For most of us, even the commercial guys, our chess programs are lifetime
>hobbies

So you want to be crippled by a slow language, which is owned by one company,
and can run only on the OS offered by that company, for your entire life?


>so we can overcome the disadvantage of having more overhead in the early
>stages.

"early stages" or through the engine's entire life?!




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