Author: Peter Kappler
Date: 15:23:19 11/28/01
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On November 28, 2001 at 14:33:52, Dann Corbit wrote: >On November 28, 2001 at 02:46:01, Peter Kappler wrote: >[snip] >>> In short, I think >>>it is silly to write chess programs in Java. If you are truly an expert, you >>>might write better algorithms to make up the difference. But if that were the >>>case, why wouldn't you have the good sense to have written them in C or C++ in >>>the first place? >> >>Or the great sense to write it in Assembly? ;) > >A far worse decision. You would have to do a complete rewrite for each new >chip. You might write tiny bits in assembly for the hottest hot-spots, but I >firmly believe that it would be a tragic mistake to write the whole thing in >assembly. I know that there are commercial products that do use assembly in >total. These are the same ones that have a great deal of trouble making rapid >changes to keep up with evolving machines and operating systems. > >You have to be world-class in assembly language to do as well as a modern >optimizing C compiler. And then a new chip comes out and... Hmmm, I guess you didn't notice my smiley-face? Or maybe it was easier to respond to that point than to justify your comments about garbage collection. :) -Peter
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