On Tue, 29 May 2001 11:04:10 GMT, burbs <burbs@satx.rr.com> wrote:
>Hmm... let me answer your questions:
>
>> I take it that means you already know at least one computer language?
>
>Mostly C++ at the moment
Nobody else has replied (yet), so I'll respond to that.
I have several years experience of C++ programming, and a similar
amount of experience of POP11 programming. I've written AI programs
in both C++ and POP11.
It takes me about 3 times as long to write an AI program in C++ as
it does in POP11 -- and that's when I'm sure what I'm doing. In the
past, when I've wanted to experiment, I've found it saved time in
writing a C++ AI program to first program it in POP11, and then,
when I was happy with what I had, to write the C++ version. (Why
write a C++ version when I had a POP11 version? If you ask that
question, it is clear you have never worked in industry ...)
Having said that, I remember an ex-colleague who was very experienced
in C++ who gave up on trying to learn POP11 because it was so
different from what he was used to. (But he wasn't writing AI
programs either.) So I'm not changing my earlier advice.
Jonathan
P.S. I just had a thought: how long does it take me to write
a "Hello World" program in C++ versus POP11? About 3 times
as long ... :-) viz:
[hello world]=> ;;;one line of code
versus
#include <iostream.h>
int main(int argc, char** argv) {
cout << "Hello world" << endl;
return 0; //4 lines of code
}
I don't count the closing brace :-).
A slightly silly PS, but it might amuse some people. It amuses me.
--
Jonathan L Cunningham
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