Author: Uri Blass
Date: 04:20:11 06/20/04
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On June 20, 2004 at 06:00:58, Ross Boyd wrote: >My engine (coded in C) uses longjmp() to terminate a search. > >Is there any disadvantage or hidden overhead in this approach? > >I notice other engines use a flag which is tested at every node of the search. >Surely there's an overhead in doing it that way???? > >I suppose the main drawback of longjmp() is portability. Most languages other >than C don't support it. > >Am I missing something? > >Ross Tscp also is using longjmp() I did not read most of the code of other programs. I do not know if most languages do not support it. Basic that was the first language that I wrote small programs with it has the goto command that is similiar. I also do not understand the connection between other languages and portability. Do you think to translate trace to program that is not written in C? Uri
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