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Subject: Re: How many chess engines use Linux as their primary OS?

Author: Omid David Tabibi

Date: 22:09:52 06/24/03

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On June 24, 2003 at 19:25:43, Djordje Vidanovic wrote:

>On June 24, 2003 at 10:42:59, Omid David Tabibi wrote:
>
>>I was wondering about the popularity of Linux amongst the computer chess
>>programmers. How many use Linux as the primary environment? Crafty, ...?
>>
>>Also, did any of the participants in Maastricht WCCC use Linux? Will anyone use
>>Linux in Graz?
>>
>>Thanks.
>
>
>I know of several engines that are developed in Linux (and then ported to
>Windows).  Such as Ruffian, SOS, Deep Sjeng.

I think that GCP is using Linux as the secondary environment for Deep Sjeng. In
Maastricht at least he ran Sjeng on Windows...

Did Rudolf Huber (SOS) use Linux in Maastricht?


>gcc means portability so that, for
>instance, Ruffian's author can use his Mac when he wishes to or simply switch to
>the Windows XP machine etc.  The same is with other programmers.  I just read
>that  Postmodernist does the same.  Linux is an excellent environment for
>developing chess programs and it is very stable.  It is much stabler than ANY
>version of Windows (in my opinion).
>
>Djordje



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