Author: Bernhard Bauer
Date: 04:12:57 02/12/98
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On February 11, 1998 at 19:00:13, Christophe Theron wrote:
>>>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.
>
In the above I can't see any good reason to be negative about DOS.
>For chess programs, DOS with a DOS extender could be enough.
In the above I can't see any good reason to be negative about DOS.
>
>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.
I said: "If Crafty would be a DOS program I would'nt use it".
Thats my personell view.
- as I mostly use UNIX, I would need a DOS emulator.
- I'm more used to UNIX.
- when using my PC (2 processor board) WINNT4.0 looks better than
DOS.
and I am able to continue with my usual work without noticing that
I'm analysing a difficult position.
>
>The programmer has still to write a user interface, but Crafty is a text
>engine...
>
with xboard or winboard!
>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!
I know, but I don't use Crafty as a DOS version, as I said.
But a more convincing argument from your side is
Your yesterdays win against ZUGZWANG.
Congratulations!!!
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> Christophe
Bernhard
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