Author: Greg Lazarou
Date: 12:52:45 01/03/99
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On January 03, 1999 at 15:08:09, Ralph E. Carter wrote: >This is a current events question. > >I might begin studying programming again. >Is one of these languages more "topical" or "influencial", >and a wiser choice for future employability? > >Does MS Visual Basic have libraries of gadgets that >ease construction of Windows interfaces? >Does MS Visual C++ have these libraries too? > >I don't want to confuse myself, by writing chess routines >in C, then building GUIs with "Basic". > >I have 1.5 years of Pascal, and home-study of C++. > >Thank you. >mongrel Well, my humble oppinion is that if you are going to write an engine for chess, Visual C++ is a better choice than VB - mainly because you want speed and performance (VB I think is also compiled but its p-code can't be as fast as native code). For a UI, the choice is not as obvious but I'd recommend that you separate the UI from the engine totally using the Winboard/Xboard protocol (basically standard input and output), so that you can use Winboard as your UI, or the Fritz UI etc. This way also you'll maintain total freedom in selecting the tool of your choice for the UI. Have fun Greg Lazarou
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