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Subject: Re: Crafty internal iterative deepening

Author: Hasnain Mujtaba

Date: 15:15:58 01/26/00

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>IE it wasn't written for speed, it was written for readability.  There is
>exactly one goto in crafty, in the MakeMove() stuff.  I could do the same
>there but would have to repeat a bunch of code...
>
>Bob

Just one GOTO!  That's great. Dr. Dijkstra, and other software engineers, would
be happy with Crafty's code.

Goto Considered Harmful! (http://www.acm.org/classics/oct95/). A pioneering
article on the topic and software engineering in general. An interesing read.

Regards
Hasnain.



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