Author: Bob Durrett
Date: 19:43:45 11/17/02
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On November 17, 2002 at 22:35:08, Andreas Guettinger wrote: >On November 17, 2002 at 19:30:47, Bob Durrett wrote: > >> >> >> >>If it takes one year to write and debug 25,000 lines of code, [in Rookie 2], >>then how much more in modern successful chess engines? I assume the GUI is not >>so bad. >> >>If the answer comes out to be 50,000 or 100,000 lines of code, then this may be >>a lifetime project? >> >>What am I missing? >> >>Just Xerox Crafty and rename it? [ A joke ] >> >>Bob D. > >Depends on how many time you can spend. If you have 1-2 hrs per week like me >then it's a life time hobby, yes. >If it is your research project and you can spend 30+ hrs a week then 50'000 >lines of code is not much. > >Important is to go for small and easy targets at the beginning. Using 0x88 you >can easily get a move generator within a week of about 1000 lines of code. > >regards >Andy Well, I am retired but I still don't have 30+ hours a week to spend if it takes several years. Correct me if I'm wrong, but at my age maybe starting such a time consuming and long term project would be unwise, to say the least. Unless I get feedback here correcting my misconceptions in this matter, maybe I'll stick to simpler projects like writing a program to so some simpler task. The idea that it takes so long makes me tired already. : ( Bob D.
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