Author: Gian-Carlo Pascutto
Date: 05:35:14 09/02/03
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On September 02, 2003 at 08:31:43, Bob Durrett wrote: >On September 01, 2003 at 17:47:40, Sietel Monic wrote: > >>Most likely not 64 bit capable, and as it may be the future it is not going to >>be the near future. Since most customers will not be 64 bit for a long time... >>Its much like the deep programs, if fritz only made there programes capable for >>dual, or more, proccesors they wouldnt sell many. > >The logical conclusion is that Fritz and other engines should be made so that >they will run as 64-bit on 64 bit machines but also work 32-bit on 32-bit >machines. > >I'm not sure how to do that, however. Maybe some of the guru programmers here >can say whether or not such a thing is do-able. For most programs it would not be much of a problem to make 64 bit versions and just supply both a 32 bit and 64 bit version. Fritz is actually the sole exception, since it's written in assembly, and hence needs to be totally rewritten. -- GCP
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