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Subject: Re: When Will the Top Chess Programs be 64 bit?

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 08:03:50 08/14/03

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On August 14, 2003 at 10:48:20, Bob Durrett wrote:

>
>According to the SSDF list, the top engines are Junior, Shredder, Fritz, Tiger,
>etceteras.  They are all 32 bit.

How do you know?

Their source code is not public so you have no way to know what they do.

>
>I am afraid to purchase a 64 bit computer because the only chess software that
>would run on it is Crafty, and the database managers such as ChessBase would be
>useless too!

32 bit programs can run on a 64 bit computer.

>
>When will the rest of the world catch up with Bob Hyatt????
>
>Bob D.

Why do they need to do it when their programs are better than Crafty?
The competition is who is better and not who is using more bits.

Uri



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