Author: Albert Bertilsson
Date: 01:53:53 02/13/04
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On February 12, 2004 at 18:35:48, Andrew Wagner wrote: > Hi all. I have embarked on a most interesting project...writing a chess >engine in VB.Net. They say that .Net languages are supposed to be so much slower >because of the framework...will be interesting to see if it's true. If nothing >else, this is a great opportunity for me to learn more about .Net. Any thoughts >on this? > Also, one interesting thing I've run across...it seems to me from my >research that using the Byte data type is more efficient memory-wise when >working with small integers than using an integer data type, but it's actually >slower somehow when doing math operations. > 1.) Can anyone verify for me that this is true? > and 2.) Which is more important? Good luck with your project, I found that there is a speed penalty when comparing C# with C++ for Chess programs, but the difference is quite small. #Chess (or SharpChess) was slow due to the datastructures it used, I don't think that using .Net or Java is any issue except if you want to write an engine playing with the top 50. You can find #Chess and it's source at my home page www.albert.nu. /Regards Albert
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