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Subject: Re: Windows 3.1 best OS for Chess ??

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 11:23:49 03/05/01

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On March 05, 2001 at 10:12:41, John Wentworth wrote:

>I have heard that Windows 3.1 is actually faster than Windows 2000 & Windows 98
>because it's not doing so much. If so this would seem to make it better for
>Chess. Is this true ?

Windows 3.1 is a 16 bit operating system.  I rather suspect that it is among the
worst platforms for chess development.  Programming with the "huge" "far" and
other hideous kludges like "halloc()" sends shivers down my spine.  I suspect
that the only way to get a top chess programmer to use that environment is at
gunpoint.

If you really want the ultimate, you should get True64 UNIX.  Might cost a few
million dollars to get a really good setup though.
;-)



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