Author: José Carlos
Date: 09:32:00 11/16/02
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On November 16, 2002 at 12:23:49, Bob Durrett wrote: >On November 16, 2002 at 12:01:01, José Carlos wrote: > >>On November 16, 2002 at 11:45:27, Bob Durrett wrote: >> >>> >>>I'm Confused. C, C++, C#. Which to Use? >>> >>>I have an old Visual C++ compiler which I purchased many years ago. But bulletins >>>posted here seem to favor C, as opposed to C++ as if C is better than C++ for >>>chess engine programming. >>> >>>Still trying to find the best C compiler to use for chess engine design on my >>>Compaq 1 GHz 1GB RAM single-processor PC. >>> >>>Tried to download one but got error message saying NO! >>> >>>Yahoo! seems to find C++ compilers but not C compilers. >>> >>>Sorry for sounding like a child. : ( >>> >>>Bob D. >> >> Most (if not all) C++ copilers are also C compilers. Visual C++ is. >> What languaje to choose is a matter of personal preference, because both are >>equally good for chess programming. > >I wanted to be able to study Crafty and understand that Bob Hyatt programmed it >in C and not C++. Similarly, the thesis on chess engines I'm looking at used C >and not C++. The book I ordered on chess engines may be written in C too, I >don't know. > >Well, all my gyrations are for nothing because I just looked at my bookcase at >home and found a book [with a CD] titled "Teach Yourself C in 24 Hours" by Tony >Zhang, SAMS Publishing, Copyright 1997. It's for Windows 95. Maybe the >compiler on the CD will run on my Windows 98 machine. > >Oddly enough, the author says he compiled all the C programs using Microsoft >Visual C++ version 1.5. Odd that he uses a Visual C++ compiler to compile a >program written in the C language, but I guess that's what makes programming >interesting? As I said, most (if not all) C++ compilers are also C compilers. Particularly, Visual C++ is also Visual C. C++ was born as an evolution of C. C is almost a subset of C++. José C. >I guess I'll be up to speed on C in 24 hours? > >Bob D. > >[2nd Childhood, for sure!] > > >> C is conceptually easier to learn. With C++ you can write conceptually more >>complex programs with less complexity for you. Chess is simple enough for making >>C++ conceptual advantage not important. >> If you don't know any of both, just chose one (I'd suggest C because I like it >>more, but no objective reason) and learn it. Only after you know the languaje, >>start doing chess programming. If you start too soon, you'll get confused and >>lose motivation. >> My 2 cents. >> >> José C.
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