On Friday, December 1, 2017 at 7:41:24 AM UTC-7, matthe...@gmail.com wrote: > > I don't speak for the language developers but as far as I can tell Go is > always going to be tied to Google's business of datacenter-based network > and web services, so if you want your game as something other than hosted > on a network server then you may be better off with a language specialized > for your platform of choice like Swift for iOS (an improved Objective-C), > Java for Android, Javascript for a web browser implementation, or a > language for desktop apps. Although in my opinion Go is a better C and I'd > use it for general purpose programming with the garbage collector in mind. > My understanding is that Go does have a compiler path for ARM devices. >
If Go is always going to be tied to Google's business of datacenter-based network and web services, then I should abandon Go entirely, as I have no interest in that subject --- I don't work for Google --- they aren't going to hire me. I have no interest in Swift --- I don't work for Apple --- they aren't going to hire. I have no interest in Java as I don't like it for various reasons that I won't go into here --- I am mostly interested in micro-controllers, but I want a good language for desktop-computer programming too --- I might get interested in smart-phones if a good programming language were available. I just want a general-purpose programming language. There is C++ of course, but I don't like it for various reasons that I won't go into here. Chess requires promotion, en passant, and castling, all three of which add > unique cases to the engine or interface, so keep those in mind as you > begin. You may look at Stockfish ( > https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish) for an open-source > regular chess engine written in C++. Modifying Stockfish may be a good path > although if you distribute it in any way then you must provide the source > code because of the GPL. > I know C++ reasonably well --- I will look into modifying Stockfish to support Elphaba Chess. I don't think that promotion, en passant or castling will be a problem given my rule change (the queen can't capture or be captured) . -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
