Don Dailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I must be a dinosaur - at least a minimalist - but I don't > understand the big deal about library support that has been > mentioned a lot here.
For Go library support isn't very important -- just one argument more in favor of more exotic languages, that make experimenting with new algorithms and ideas easy. :) > I am considering for the first time using an additional library that > will be useful for Lazarus. It's the sqlite3 library and I would > use it for persistent storage of things like openings and patterns. > Perhaps I should store these things in XML? Do yourself a favour and use sqlite and not XML (and storing XML in a database is just brain dead). In the 60ies and 70ies most database products are hierachical. There were massive problems with these products and these problems led to relational theory and RDBMS. XML is a hierachical format so using XML as primary format to persistent data is like going backwards to the 60ies (OK, there are some thing XML is good for -- is't developed as HTML successor and in this area XML has quite some advantages; in some cases it's also good as intermediate data exchange format, but not always; as an primary format to save data in most cases it's one of the worst choices... IMHO). > If I had been his manager I would have fired him. I think I would like you to be my manager. :) -- Until the next mail..., Stefan. _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
