Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 20:10:30 05/25/02
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On May 25, 2002 at 22:37:58, pavel wrote: >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? Sure. I have written some myself, a long time ago. There are even chess programs on the Web written entirely in assembly language that are publicly available. The Italian chess programming site has some (IIRC). The program Rebel was mostly or all assembly language at one point, I think -- so that dreaded disease can spread to all levels. ;-)
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