Re: What do you write when learning a new language?

in reply to What do you write when learning a new language?

I tend to write a program that plays Go. It never actually gets finished, but that bootstraps me enough.

My criteria for good software:

Does it work?
Can someone else come in, make a change, and be reasonably certain no bugs were introduced?

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Re^2: What do you write when learning a new language? by jettero (Monsignor) on Jun 04, 2008 at 17:45 UTC
Do you have any that play at all? How strong are they typically? curious. -Paul	[reply]
Re^3: What do you write when learning a new language? by dragonchild (Archbishop) on Jun 04, 2008 at 19:09 UTC
None of them actually play cause I suck at implementing the alphabeta algorithm. Though, the one I'm working on in JS right now will do so because I think I've figured out a way of short-circuiting the alphabeta so that only the best positions are evaluated first. My criteria for good software: Does it work? Can someone else come in, make a change, and be reasonably certain no bugs were introduced?	[reply]
Re^4: What do you write when learning a new language? by jettero (Monsignor) on Jun 04, 2008 at 19:26 UTC
I'm going to need an URL of that if you get it working and publish something. UPDATE: I meant to send a /msg rather than post... I don't really get sleep anymore since I have an infant at home. What can ya do. -Paul	[reply]

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