Author: Nicolas Carrasco
Date: 17:47:46 11/04/99
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C is a very good language, I don't think anyone should need an easyer language for a chess engine, except if they are only testing. Just my personal opinion :) . On November 03, 1999 at 21:08:47, Geoff Bull wrote: >On November 02, 1999 at 13:04:38, Bruce Moreland wrote: > >Isn't C often referred to as "portable assembler" anyway? > >>If you are trying to develop a chess program, use C. > >C is not the only language in the world. > >> You will spend a >>tremendous amount of time fixing bugs, changing data structures, and changing >>algorithms, so you will be able to make a better program faster if you use a >>high-level language. > >And if you use as higher level language than C you will spend even less time >fixing bugs, and your code will be even easier to change. > >If you write it in assembler, you'll likely neve finish it! > > >>If you try to do otherwise it will be like putting frosting on a serving plate >>and trying to assemble a cake under it. > >"We should forget about small efficiencies, say about 97% of the time: >premature optimization is the root of all evil." > - Donald Knuth > >cheers >Geoff
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