Author: Bob Durrett
Date: 10:16:33 11/16/02
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On November 16, 2002 at 12:29:35, Peter Skinner 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 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. > >About 2 to 3 years ago I wanted to write a program as well. Since I had no clue >where to start I based my engine off the GNUChess 4 source. I was learning C the >same time so it was nice to have a code to start off of. > >After 3 years I would never try to start from scratch. There are two main >reasons: > >1. I am not a very skilled programmer. I can implement things, but I ask a >million questions like yourself, and there is nothing wrong with that. People >here are great with answering questions. The answers I have recieved through >this board and the Crafty mailing list have helped immensely. > >2. Time. I don't have much time to program. Starting an engine from scratch >takes an incrdible amount of time. I would suggest that you look at some sources >to understand the different structures that Gerbil, Crafty, GnuChess anything >that has published source code. That helped me quite a bit. Those authors who >_have_ put the time in to start from scratch give the code out for people to >learn from and I am grateful. > >Personally if you want to write an engine, I would start in C. Most compiler >that are for C++ are C complilers anyway. I prefer the Visual Studio from MS as >the MSDN library has some great code examples to look at. > >That's my two cents. > >Peter. Thanks. The Microsoft Visual Studio's System Requirements seem to exclude Windows 98, which is what I have. Guess I'll have to buy a new $5000 chess computer. Convincing my wife is going to be a problem. I wonder if Visual Studio will run on a dual or quad processor machine? Anyway, I'm just joking. Maybe I don't need Visual Studio today after all. A pity, though. But . . . so be it. Bob D.
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