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Subject: Re: Java chess engines

Author: Volker Böhm

Date: 23:09:02 07/11/04

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On July 10, 2004 at 17:12:34, Cesar Contreras wrote:

>On July 10, 2004 at 16:52:18, Eydun Lamhauge wrote:
>
>>Hi.
>>
>>As I can see most chess engines are implementered in c or c++.
>>What is the reason for this and why are not more engines implemented with for
>>instance java? Is there any strong chess engine implemented in java?
>
>Take a look at Amyan, it has an applet version.
>
>http://www.geocities.com/zodiamoon/amyan
>
>as i have heard it's about 2100 ELO, but it's weaker than the non java version
>(witch it's about 2400 ELO).
>
>The main problem with Java, .NET and any language witch uses an emulated machine
>it's that programs run about 10 times slower than programs compiled for an
>specific processor.

Java is about 2,5 time slower than a compiled program for a specific processor,
not 10 times any more. There are good jit´s around.

Greetings Volker



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