Author: pavel
Date: 19:37:58 05/25/02
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On May 25, 2002 at 22:26:50, Dann Corbit wrote: >On May 25, 2002 at 22:02:09, Robert Henry Durrett wrote: > >>All that discussion, although very interesting was not directly about chess >>programming. >> >>What I am trying to say is that I would like to see the linkage between the >>general discussions, applicable to all computer software professionals, and the >>rarified world of the "chess programmers." >> >>How, for example, does a typical chess programmer select the language, > >The one he has been using for 15 years is probably going to be his/her choice. >I have been programming in C since 1982 so it sounds like a good choice for me. >I also do a lot of C++ programming (since 1989) and so that is a plausible >alternative. I have done professional programming in FORTRAN, but that would >not be a good choice for me because I am rusty. I have also done professional >programming in several other languages, but they do not lend themselves >particularly well to chess. > >>compiler, > >Usually, performance will dictate this. If a new, faster compiler appears >(faster binaries generated -- not speed of compilation) then programmers will >swarm to it like sharks in a pool of water laced with blood and wobbling wounded >fish. > >>operating system, > >Whichever one they like best and have the most experience on. Some people like >Linux because it is trendy and flies in the face of MS which is a popular >bashing target at the moment too and will therefore pick Linux even with less >experience. There are also a lot of nice programming tools for UNIX type >systems like Linux, but they are not very "user friendly." > >>and programming environment > >This one is a religious war for sure. People will swear by and about things >like editors and IDE's and mostly they only tout the one they know and the one >that they bash is just as good. We tend to like anything once we learn it >thoroughly and find that it accomplishes all that we wish from it. > >>he/she will use for his/her >>chess-related programming? Dann, do you know of any program that is written "completely" in assembly? pavs
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