Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 11:40:56 04/16/02
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On April 16, 2002 at 14:16:35, Uri Blass wrote: >On April 16, 2002 at 13:17:38, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On April 16, 2002 at 12:05:09, F. Huber wrote: >> >>>Hello Robert, >>> >>>at first many thanks for your great work on Crafty over the last years! >>> >>>But there is one thing I really don´t understand: >>>Why does it take such a long time between releasing the source code >>>of a new Crafty version and providing the compiled (ready to use) file? >>>I think most users of Crafty don´t have a compiler to do this job, >>>and so we have to wait a very long time (sometimes many weeks) until >>>we can play against your new version. >>>For YOU this compilation would be a thing of some minutes! >>>Or is there some reason for this, that I don´t know? >> >>Yes. I don't use windows here, which means I can't compile windows >>executables. Eugene does this as he has time, and since he is in the >>compiler group, he can use a compiler that hasn't been released yet, >>to get faster executables. > >Does Eugenue do it only for crafty or also for other chess programs with free >source code? > >Uri I don't know, unfortunately. I am only aware of Crafty, since that is the only executable I keep on my ftp machine....
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