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Subject: Re: Retired Chess Programmers Should Write Books How To Create Chess Program

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 10:53:00 04/16/01

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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.

Ernst Heinz wrote a very good book on 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.

Visual C++ 6 and MFC?  Are you trying to start a flame war?
;-)

I think trying to name the flavor of compiler is not going to make any progress.

>
>I hope some longtime chess programmers have considered it. It is worth a try.

Better yet, subscribe to the ICCA journal, which has tons of articles by CURRENT
chess programmers if you want to learn about it.  Or just scoop up the hundreds
of online articles found strewn about the internet.

Anyway, chess programmers don't retire.  They just go insane.



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