Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 09:37:46 06/16/02
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On June 16, 2002 at 11:34:26, Tony Werten wrote:
>On June 16, 2002 at 10:11:10, Robert Henry Durrett wrote:
>
>>On June 16, 2002 at 05:23:25, Tony Werten wrote:
>>
>>>On June 15, 2002 at 10:38:33, Robert Henry Durrett wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>It is noteworthy that the Fritz programmers saw fit to produce a pocket version
>>>>of their larger Fritz program [engine + GUI]. Whatever it was that motivated
>>>>those programmers to do that perhaps ought to apply to the amateur chess
>>>>programs and programmers too.
>>>
>>>A small correction. Pocket Fritz contains the Shredder engine, not the Fritz
>>>engine.
>>
>>Wow! That implies that "the Fritz people" had no faith at all in their Fritz
>>engine when used in handhelds.
>
>The reason could just be that an engine written in x86 assembly takes too much
>effort to convert to a handheld.
>
>>One might speculate that Fritz might not even
>>work at all on a handheld?
>
>I'm quite sure about that.
>
>Tony
>
>>
>>Bob D.
>>
>>>
>>>Tony
>>>
>><snip>
Frans Morsch the author of Fritz has written programs for small dedicated
computers for years, so I have no doubt that he could write a good program for
handhelds.
Some years ago I was told that Fritz was mainly written in assembly, and that
might still be true.
That could be the reason why it was easier to port Shredder, which is probably
written mainly in C, than Fritz.
And I guess it would not have been a wise choice to have the main programmer of
the company work for so long on a project for such a small market.
Christophe
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