Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 18:07:06 11/14/02
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On November 14, 2002 at 21:01:56, Luis Smith wrote: >On November 14, 2002 at 20:18:54, Robert Pawlak wrote: > >>Luis, >> >>Here is part of an answer for you. I have not checked recently, but I think >>liberty requires that you package a dll with their program (or something >>similar), so that you can have a working app. It is not really a compiler, but >>creates something like p-code, which is then interpreted at run time. >> >>I would suggest that you look at Pyxia Ibasic (assuming you want to stick with >>basic). The support for the program is simply excellent. It can produce a >>standalone EXE file also. >> >>Most of the people here will tell you that C or C++ is what you want for engine >>development. If you don't care about speed, and just want to learn, then basic >>is ok. As for building a GUI, feel free. But there are many good ones already >>available. >> >>Bob > >First of all thanks for the answer, but I have another question. With Pyxia >Ibasic would you be able to look at the source code of other programs such as >Crafty? If I were to try to create a chess engine I would want to start from >scratch but I would need something to look at and get some ideas from Most chess programs are written in C. Crafty is one of those. Next most common is C++ followed by Delphi. There are very few BASIC chess programs. There is a VB chess program called LarsenVB.
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