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Robert Hyatt



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PostPost subject: Re: A logging facility    Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2012 4:36 pm Reply to topic Reply with quote
bhlangonijr wrote:
bob wrote:
And there is less risk of using features that are not exactly conducive to efficiency. Templates come to mind. AKA "code bloat". It's a matter of personal taste.


oh my... don't you guys get tired of this kind of language wars? Smile
This is a very known pattern:

Assembly guys bashing C language -->
C guys bashing C++ (vide Linus Torvalds vs some random c++ dude famous thread in the internet) -->
C++ guys bashing Java -->
Java guys bashing Scala, Python, Erlang, ....

I'd very much prefer get my ass off the couch and try learning something new..

But I'd say this:

Code:
x = std::abs(y);


is definitely much better than

Code:
 
x = labs(y); // or
x = cabs(y); // or
x = labs(y); // whatever ....
...


This is not a matter of "personal taste". I suppose this is the natural evolution of computer languages. Wink


So you like overloaded operators. many do. I personally want more control when speed is critical. I'm not bashing C++ at all, having used it for a LONG time. But I don't use it for chess programming. I have seen several that do, and when you look at their code, you begin to see all the static stuff to avoid creation/destruction overhead and such, and significant parts of the language are bypassed in doing so...

I can quote at least a couple of dozen languages I have used / taught in years past. Each of which had its strong points and weaknesses. And hardly any of which I would have chosen to use for a chess program...
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A logging facility Marco Costalba Sun Mar 18, 2012 10:23 pm
      Re: A logging facility Gary Sun Mar 18, 2012 11:56 pm
      Re: A logging facility Robert Hyatt Mon Mar 19, 2012 3:50 am
            Re: A logging facility Marco Costalba Mon Mar 19, 2012 7:18 am
                  Re: A logging facility Vincent Diepeveen Mon Mar 19, 2012 7:37 am
                        Re: A logging facility Marco Costalba Mon Mar 19, 2012 7:50 am
                              Re: A logging facility Vincent Diepeveen Mon Mar 19, 2012 8:22 am
                                    Re: A logging facility Jan Brouwer Mon Mar 19, 2012 6:43 pm
                                          Re: A logging facility Robert Hyatt Mon Mar 19, 2012 6:54 pm
                                                Re: A logging facility Jan Brouwer Mon Mar 19, 2012 8:00 pm
                                                      Re: A logging facility Marco Costalba Mon Mar 19, 2012 9:09 pm
                                                            Re: A logging facility Daniel Shawul Mon Mar 19, 2012 9:37 pm
                                                            Re: A logging facility Marco Costalba Tue Mar 20, 2012 8:30 pm
                                                Re: A logging facility Ben-Hur Carlos Langoni Wed Mar 21, 2012 2:16 am
                                                      Re: A logging facility Daniel Shawul Wed Mar 21, 2012 9:20 am
                                                            Re: A logging facility Ben-Hur Carlos Langoni Wed Mar 21, 2012 1:54 pm
                                                                  Re: A logging facility Daniel Shawul Wed Mar 21, 2012 3:38 pm
                                                            Re: A logging facility Marco Costalba Thu Mar 22, 2012 8:01 pm
                                                                  Re: A logging facility Daniel Shawul Thu Mar 22, 2012 10:48 pm
                                                                        Re: A logging facility Rein Halbersma Fri Mar 23, 2012 7:03 am
                                                                              Re: A logging facility Daniel Shawul Fri Mar 23, 2012 10:04 am
                                                                                    Re: A logging facility Rein Halbersma Fri Mar 23, 2012 12:32 pm
                                                                                          Re: A logging facility Martin Sedlak Fri Mar 23, 2012 1:00 pm
                                                                                          Re: A logging facility Daniel Shawul Fri Mar 23, 2012 2:05 pm
                                                      Re: A logging facility Robert Hyatt Wed Mar 21, 2012 4:36 pm
                                                      Re: A logging facility Mark Pearce Wed Mar 28, 2012 12:49 pm
                  Re: A logging facility Rein Halbersma Mon Mar 19, 2012 7:50 am
                        Re: A logging facility Marco Costalba Mon Mar 19, 2012 8:00 am
                              Re: A logging facility Rein Halbersma Mon Mar 19, 2012 8:09 am
                        Re: A logging facility Robert Hyatt Mon Mar 19, 2012 6:56 pm
      Re: A logging facility Daniel Shawul Mon Mar 19, 2012 7:52 pm
            Re: A logging facility Robert Hyatt Wed Mar 21, 2012 1:26 am
                  Re: A logging facility Daniel Shawul Wed Mar 21, 2012 9:00 am
      Re: A logging facility H.G.Muller Wed Mar 21, 2012 7:58 am
            Re: A logging facility Vincent Diepeveen Wed Mar 21, 2012 2:39 pm
                  Re: A logging facility H.G.Muller Wed Mar 21, 2012 5:29 pm
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