Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 16:00:13 02/11/98
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>>If you want to be negative about DOS, maybe I can help you finding
>>*really* good reasons. You seem to need some help in this field.
>>
>Since you are using DOS its clear that you have *really* good reasons
>to be negative about DOS. So please post some.
>I'm listening.
In fact, DOS is perfect for my chess work. I use the GnuC compiler,
which fits on 3 floppies, and my sources fit on one. So I can work on
almost any PC, 386 or higher, anywhere. I often have to move for several
days for my work, so I can work in the evening on my chess program, in
the hotel room, on a small notebook. Not even a Pentium.
For chess programs, DOS with a DOS extender could be enough.
You can say DOS is a poor operating system because it leaves some really
basic tasks to the responsability of the programmers. For example:
* Memory management
* Graphical user interface
* Multitasking
But I don't see any reason not to use a chess program only because it's
a DOS application... Win95 or WinNT DOS boxes take care of memory
management and multitasking.
The programmer has still to write a user interface, but Crafty is a text
engine...
And on the PC platform, Crafty has a DOS version! The Crafty I have is
compiled with GnuC compiler, and runs inside a DOS box!
Christophe
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