Moving from VC++ 6.0 to VC++.NET

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I believe this is the correct route to artificial intelligence ... as a friend of mine remarked "if you are right, this is the most significant thing since the origin of life 4 billion years ago". So, no pressure

Why not allign your ideas with other ongoing research in the same area. Check out this for example,

http://www.cgchannel.com/2014/01/coo...on-for-bipeds/

Before you continue putting more effort into this old program of yours I think you should step back and have a hard look at your approach. Maybe it's not that novel after all and maybe others even are ahead of you?

I don't want to discourage you but you seem rather bogged down by the program. I know the feeling, it's like abandoning an old friend but sometimes it's better to unsentimentally let go and start anew. It may even allow you to finish sooner. Especially if you graduate from the procedural paradigm and start using object oriented and functional techniques part of modern languages. A program whose purpose it is to induce flexibility in the programming process should reflect at least some if this in its own design I think. It looks like the program itself is delaying the project. A redesign making use of modern design methods seems long overdue.

So this is what I suggest you do at this point instead of just trucking on:

1. Reality check. Allign your project with current research. How novel are your ideas? What have others done?
2. Analyze core algorithm(s). Classify in terms of complexity and devise tractable solutions.
3. Modernize. Bring the program up to todays standard using modern design and programming methods.

Good luck!