Author: Russell Reagan
Date: 22:56:51 09/20/03
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On September 20, 2003 at 22:53:21, Edward Seid wrote: >Oh crap... back to 10x12 for me :( I would really recommend considering using C (or C++, but not all of it) if I were you. As long as you understand the basic idea of how programming works in some language (and it looks like you do), then you should be able to manage fine in C. You will have a much larger group that can help you with C questions (by a mile). These days, probably half the kids at a local high school can answer most C questions one might have :) I also suspect that when you ask questions about how to do something in VB (unless it's a VB specific message board or newsgroup) that you'll get a lot of answers that start off like, "This is how you would do it in C/C++...". There are tons of source code examples and full open source engines written in C or C++, and probably only a few in VB. I've learned a great deal from reading open source engines. It is unbelievably helpful when you try to accomplish something, spend time struggling with it, figure out a solution, then see how someone else did it. The light bulbs will start going off in your head left and right. VB isn't really meant to be a low level bit twiddling language, as you've learned by it's lack of unsigned values and bit shifting. "VB doesn't support it" is no reason not to play with bitboards if that interests you. Bitboards can spawn years of fun :)
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