H. G. Muller wrote on Thu, Dec 21, 2017 08:57 AM UTC:
@ Greg: But you would not want to run something as CPU intensive as a Chess engine server side. Even if a single person would occasionally use it the hosting company would shut you down.
@ Jeff: indeed, for having a demo of a variant that gives realistic counter play, but is ot unbeatable for a novice, JavaScript should be good enough. This would be the use case for powering the Interactive Diagram with an engine. Not to provide GM-class analysis of user-provided positions.
@ Greg: But you would not want to run something as CPU intensive as a Chess engine server side. Even if a single person would occasionally use it the hosting company would shut you down.
@ Jeff: indeed, for having a demo of a variant that gives realistic counter play, but is ot unbeatable for a novice, JavaScript should be good enough. This would be the use case for powering the Interactive Diagram with an engine. Not to provide GM-class analysis of user-provided positions.