Author: Gustavo Pereira
Date: 18:39:23 05/19/99
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On May 19, 1999 at 01:36:49, Will Singleton wrote: >I read up a bit on Haskell, and while I don't know much about it, it appears >that its intended use is for applications other than chess programs. It's very >high level, so the programmer doesn't manage things on a detailed level (like >memory allocation). From the Haskell homepage: > >"In applications where performance is required at any cost, or when the goal is >detailed tuning of a low-level algorithm, an imperative language like C would >probably be a better choice than Haskell, exactly because it provides more >intimate control over the exact way in which the computation is carried out." >T >otoh, anything is possible, and with advances in compilers and hardware speed, >you could probably write a very respectable program in such a language. You >just might be at a competitive disadvantage, if that's important to you. > >As far as finding out about computer chess, check out the Resource Center here >at CCC. In the "links" area, you'll find all kinds of useful info, as well as >pointers to other info. > >Will Thank you very much. I know it is difficult, but I thought it might be worth a trial. I guess it would make me think more about reasoning on chess. I guess reasoning about chess and not giving instructions to a program is what is leading me.
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