Author: Lin Harper
Date: 19:43:20 11/11/00
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On November 11, 2000 at 20:10:05, Ray MacFadyen wrote:
>My son who is doing year 12 at high school needed help with a program he was
>writing in visual basic.So I bought myself a book called "Idiots guide to visual
>Basic".After a bit of reading and experimenting we managed to complete his
>project satisfactorily.Since then I have written a couple of programs for myself
>which were Hangman and Tictactoe,I found this very enjoyable and a lot of
>fun.Now my thoughts turn to writing a chess program (I must be crazy).
>My question is should I continue with visual basic or should I learn visual
>c,any comments on the advantages and disadvantages of visual c over visual basic
>would be appreciated.
>Thanks in advance
>Ray MacFadyen
I'm thinking of throwing a chess playing program together in qbasic, you
know, the one that comes with Win95. That way it's free, so I don't lose
anything if it all falls over. No graphics, I just want to see if I can
generate moves. I can't help admire the skills of people who can get a set
of instructions to perform at over 2500!
I remember being fascinated way back in the early '80's when a friend
bought a second hand Fidelity '8' Level, with a light on every square. It
did'nt have much in the way of playing strength, but intrigued me anyway.
I remember then, wondering what's going on inside the thing. All this time
later, I'm getting more free time now the kids have left home, and will
get started soon.
Back to your question, I read somewhere that C will give a faster program
for a given processor speed, that's why it's favoured.
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