Author: Charles L. Williams
Date: 11:34:33 04/18/99
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On April 18, 1999 at 03:16:23, Anatoli wrote: >Dear Friends ! >I want to start to learn a computer programming language. I can't do it full >time because I am very busy at my work. I have a dream to write a new chess >program in future. So, I met my friends and asked what sort of language they >would recommend. >As you can guess they sent me in different directions ! I found a book in >the local library "Visual Basic 4 for windows for dummies". Of course it is >quite old book because the latest version of Basic is 6. I started to read >it every evening and found it very interesting and simple for my >understanding (my native language is Russian). And the author give a good >hint. He writes if speed crucial, Visual Basic is not a wise choice. And he >recommends C++ or Delphi. I heard about these languages from my friends and >one of them strongly recommended Delphi. So, do you know which sort of >languages did use the authors of the famous chess programs like Fritz, >Crafty, Junior, Nimzo, e.t.c ? What language will you recommend for me to >learn ? I prefer to work with books alone then attend courses. Which books >would you recommend ? Maybe I will use the knowledge of this language to >change my future career. >Best wishes >Anatoli I'd recommend C, and then if you want, moving on to C++. But it would be better, in my opinion of course, to learn it in a command line environment like UNIX or DOS first. Visual Basic is designed for Windows programming, which is a chore in itself. Windows programming uses commands that are not intrinsic to any computer language you might be learning, which adds a level of complexity. It's not easy to learn even for people who already know programming. Chuck
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