Author: Russell Reagan
Date: 00:32:31 08/22/02
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On August 22, 2002 at 03:03:24, Steve Maughan wrote: >It's all interesting discussion but for me I think this thread has run its >course. It would seem that feelings run (quite) high on both side of the >arguement and some people seem to have an almost religious adherance to either >WB or UCI. > >Just one final thought - would Winboard have been accepted if it had come along >*after* UCI? I think it would have been seen as too sloppy - but that's just my >opinion! > >Regards, > >Steve You also have to keep in mind that Winboard would not be the same as it is if it came after UCI. The reason for Winboard's "sloppiness" is because it was originally only intended to be a GUI for GNU Chess, and so it had some rather quirky methods of doing things, since that's how GNU Chess did things back then. If Winboard wouldn't have come until after UCI, then I have a strong feeling UCI would not be as good as it is, since it wouldn't have had any Winboard experiences to learn from. If Winboard wouldn't have come until after UCI, Winboard wouldn't have all of those quirky "sloppy" methods of doing things. If Winboard wouldn't have come until after UCI, then Winboard probably would have improved upon UCI, and the roles would be reversed. If Winboard wouldn't have come until after UCI, UCI would be the "old dog" and we'd probably think it was rather quirky and antiquated, and we'd all think Winboard was the "new great thing." If, if, if... Russell
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