Author: John Lowe
Date: 06:26:05 12/24/02
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On December 24, 2002 at 05:46:23, Lieven Clarisse wrote: >On December 24, 2002 at 02:51:59, John Lowe wrote: > >>On December 23, 2002 at 23:01:22, Anthony Martini wrote: >> >>> Am I wrong to assume that all professional chess programs are written >>>in Assembly rather than C/C++ (or the newer C# - which may be even slower >>>runtime wise) ? To get optimum results, wouldn't you have to code in Assembly, >>>even with today's hardware? - and let's face it, these engines (not the >>>interfaces) are small and compact. I haven't programed much in years, even >>>though I have all the newest compilers (including Visual Studio .NET) - I know >>>these new compilers generate compact/fast code, but it can't possibly compare >>>with Assembly - or can it, when running time-critical applications? Does anybody >>>even code in Assembly anymore, and does anybody even make Assemblers anymore (or >>>do they just use the inline ones that come w/the C/C++ compilers)? >>> >>> -, >>> Anthony >> >>Hi Anthony >> >>I haven't found anyone who habitually writes chess in assembly language. I do >>but then I'm an eccentric old amateur. Some of the programmers would be quite >>capable but wouldnt see any point, some think in terms like "assembly tricks" >>and have only a sketchy concept of assembly - like my concept of "C". >> >>There are MASM, NASM and TASM available among other assemblers. People recommend >>Nasm and Tasm to me but I (awkwardly) just use my debuggers - mainly GRDB. >> >>I program for fun and chess is fun to program. >> >>Regards >> >>John > > >Hi John, > >Is there any place were your engine can be downloaded? I would like to see it! >Is it winboard compatible? > >regards, > >lieven. Hi Lieven, I love to share DIY with other folks but in terms of Bughouse the current version would be ridiculous. It's a work in progress! I'll upload it to you on a personal basis if "buy" my confidence with a statement of your expectations gleaned from my postings and a promise to keep it private until I have a "releasable" version. You will be unable to run it without GRDB fom LADsoft (freeware).
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