Author: Eran
Date: 10:13:08 04/16/01
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On April 16, 2001 at 11:58:56, stuart taylor wrote: >On April 16, 2001 at 08:25:01, Eran wrote: > >>Since good books for beginners in chess programming do not exist nowadays, I >>suggest that any retired talented chess programmer writes books. I am sure this >>will be a lot beneficial to any beginner in chess programming. Chess programming >>should be based on VC6++ MFC programming for it may be the most efficient >>programming, but it can be based on other programming languages as well. >> >>I hope some longtime chess programmers have considered it. It is worth a try. >> >>Eran > >Only about ten people should buy them, or not many more. Is chess programing >meaned to become a popular sport? What about finding the people to enjoy each >program to its fullest? > I think we only need a few good programs to choose from, something for every >purpose and person, and that should not be too many, unless many of the programs >the users are just doing a favour to the ametuer programmers by agreeing to use >them. > So the old programmers can write down their discoveries in formula form, and >teach by word of mouth by appointment, perhaps. > If 100,000 copies would be sold, that's something else, why? does every second >person want to try to knock together a program just for interest? >(I'm all for it, but I would have thought it would have a very restricted >market). >S.Taylor You are right. Maybe one can try to write and sell low-priced books to a small group of beginners who want to understand very clear step by step instructions about how to create chess programs effectively. The reason I offered it to the CCC members today is that the information about any chess programming on the Internet was confusing, incomplete, or difficult to understand. This can be frustrating and maybe cumbersome for beginners. So I think nice complete instruction books will help beginners a lot. Eran
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