Author: Gopikrishna
Date: 02:29:41 06/10/04
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On June 09, 2004 at 20:19:08, David Mitchell wrote: >On June 09, 2004 at 15:07:55, William H Rogers wrote: > >>When I first wrote my program which was in Basic there was no source codes to >>look at. Did it all from scratch, however, a move generator is a move generator >>and unless they are using hash codes or mailboxes they should all look pretty >>much the same. One of the main things in chess programs is the evaluate >>function. These differ in almost every chess program written, so as long as >>people just examine the coding on moving, alpha-beta, etc. it should not matter. >>I only wish that I had had some ones elses code to look at when I first >>attempted to write mine. Why should someone have to re-invent the wheel every >>time they start a similiar project? >>Bill > >Why you ask? > >Answer is, so you can learn to build a damn fine wheel, all by yourself. > >There's a big difference between learning to build your own wheel, and watching >someone else's wheel just roll on by you. > >If you can't code up a move generator, you aren't ready to code up a chess >program, clearly. > >Why not grab a book to study or even take a class? > >dave wow that was a good joke Dave !!! Is there a class that teaches chess programming also? !!! hahaha If so I would have dared to attended it :)
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