Author: James Robertson
Date: 08:49:24 04/19/99
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On April 18, 1999 at 14:21:02, Ian Kennedy wrote: >On April 18, 1999 at 07:43:58, Inmann Werner wrote: > >>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 >> >>Nearly all people use C or C++ , although it is much more difficult then Basic, >>but you can do more things. But for starter, Visual Basic is ok, but it is >>really slow, but you get success very early.... >>My personal note: I do not think, Delphi is good for chessprogramming, although >>it is a very good language for other things, there I like it. >> >>Werner > >Of the arguments that could be put forward for not using Visual Basic, speed is >probably not the strongest one anymore. It does after use the same back end >compiler as Visual C++. Perhaps lack of support for pointers, less bit level and >other low level features like in line assembler, direct reference to registers >etc are more relevant, imho. > >Ian Kennedy Personnally, I think the whole language stinks, IMHO. James
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