Author: Alessandro Damiani
Date: 14:29:53 06/16/02
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On June 16, 2002 at 12:37:46, Christophe Theron wrote: >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 I read that the name "Fritz" was taken for the pocket variant of Shredder due to marketing reasons (the name "Fritz" sells more). Regards, Alessandro
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