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Subject: Re: I'd recommend Delphi

Author: Steve Maughan

Date: 00:41:30 10/25/99

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On October 24, 1999 at 18:22:24, Daniel Clausen wrote:

>Most people only decide between C, C++ and VB, *if* they decide

As the title suggests I would recommend Delphi.  In my test it's as fast (if not
faster) than VC++, its much easier to learn and read, which generally leads to
faster development cycles.  In addition it also supports 64 bit integers that
can make life simpler for chess programming

FWIW I have written in Delphi 5 a reasonably complex (ie not just a fast
searcher) chess program that managed on a P2 450 MHz 250 kn/s in the middle game
and 500 kn/s in the endgame.  This included incremental attack and shaddow
attack updating but (very) simple evaluation.  Hope that you'd aggree that think
this is as least as good as C++.

Delphi's one drwaback has always been that it is only available on Win 95/98/NT
- this will also change as Delphi is being ported to Linux for release in 2000.

Steve Maughan



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