Author: Vasik Rajlich
Date: 03:00:24 02/17/05
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On February 16, 2005 at 04:38:27, Andreas Guettinger wrote: >I would recommend to start with a blank page. Starting from a given (freeware) >program for me is cloning. I also don't take a short story, write ten chapters >of my own and sell it as a book. > >If you look at code of other available engines to take over ideas is perfectly >ok for me. However, never copy 'n' paste, never take over tables and arrays of >evaluation data. > >When you write a chess engine, it's normal to start 3 - 5 times again from the >beginning and rewrite your whole code due to change of important data >structures, etc. This makes code quite unique. > >Do no optimize-cloning. Normally the routines of a major chess playing program >(like i.e crafty) are faster than the ones written by yourself. Just live with >it, leave it for later or try to find the bottleneck. > >For me, writing a decent playing chess program as a hobby project (maybe >different if you do it for your thesis or as a professional) takes at least 3-5 >years. All engines that develop faster for me are highly suspicious. > >Just my two cents. >(programming since 3 years and it still sucks) Andy Fruit appears to have been developed in something like one year. Ruffian according to the author took around two years. I think most amateurs, myself included, waste some effort in the beginning doing the wrong things. By the time they figure it out, a year or two is gone (although it feels like much less). Vas
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