On Sat, 2008-05-10 at 20:23 -0700, Carter Cheng wrote: > 3) Also thanks for the links. I have taken a look at some of the code. I am > not sure I will be writing in Java or D and most likely will be implementing > the system in something like C++. I am worried about Java's speed since it's > interpreted (which still means a x2 slowdown even with the JIT and Hotspot > compilation and selective inlining). D I am just not too familiar with I am > wondering what advantages it brings over C++. I am primarily concerned about > maturity issues. I am not trying to start a discussion on which language is > "better", but those are my initial impressions.
I think Java's speed has come a long way and is now close to comparable to C++. I had gotten interested in D back when it was initially discussed on this list. One described it as C++ without the warts. When I switched from a classical alpha-beta bot to monte carlo, I also switched from C++ to D. In theory, it should be as fast as C++ because it's compiled to machine language, but in practice that's not true... The compilers are not mature yet. Additionally, it's Mac and 64 bit support is limited. <marketing for D language> D has some really cool features that I've taken advantage of with my bot: * Greatly simplified generic coding * Builtin function objects (called delegates) * Design by contract * Built in unit testing * Foreach / no iterators </marketing> _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
