Author: CLiebert
Date: 07:16:09 11/14/01
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On November 14, 2001 at 07:19:44, Albert Silver wrote:
>>It means that nobody will care about the first engine when the second is out.
>>And the second is stronger than the first and than nommx be ashured. But it is
>>not my job to make announcements ;-) ...
>>
>>Christian
>
>Hmmm!! Cool. :-) Sounds like what happened when Fritz 6 first came out, though
>then the controversy was on the engine's strength or lack of compared to its
>predecessor. Do you think the difference will be as acute as F6a compared to the box version of F6?
Yes.
One last question, if you know and can answer: will it be
>released before or after the upcoming battle of the titans against Kramnik?
I guess very soon, may be during the next few days.
This will undoubtedly lend itself to further speculation on why F7 was rushed
out, when the GUI was still supposedly buggy (don't have it myself), and these
>significant improvements of the engine under development.
>
I would not speculate about this. It has happened, thats all. An engine is
always under development, its a floating process. No programmer will stop
working after releasing a new version. And the new f7 includes one more month
work and otimization.
Christian
Albert
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