Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 22:04:24 01/15/98
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On January 15, 1998 at 20:42:15, Peter W. Gillgasch wrote: >Bob, > >how do you do CheckInput() ? Is it ok to block the I/O if it says "user >presses a key" ? If yes, then it is easy... > >BTW Apple's MrC 2.0 has long long as well (all Mac compilers have 'em >now since they are in the C9x draft). It is probably better to use that >one. Last time I checked CW didn't inline long long ops at all... > >-- Peter yes. I call CheckInput(). If it returns a "1" then I do a normal read to get the move or command. If it returns a "0" I keep searching normally. Not the cleanest way, but the only way to do something that will work under DOS. Cray Blitz used two processes, one for input, one for the engine. Cleaner, but definitely "non-dos".. :)
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