Author: Uri Blass
Date: 08:01:38 07/25/04
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On July 25, 2004 at 10:21:42, Christophe Theron wrote: >On July 24, 2004 at 22:20:08, Peter Skinner wrote: > >>On July 24, 2004 at 15:44:25, Fernando Villegas wrote: >> >>>On the contrary, I would bet that Christophe Thèron is working hard in an >>>altogether new engine. My impression is that he arrived to the conclusion that >>>Tiger had already exhausted any chance to be improved along the original lines >>>of programming that were the trademark of it, so he is now after a new >>>paradigm. >>>Asmuch he is a very talented performer, I guees he will get it, but not after >>>long and hard work >>>Just my cent. >>>fernando >> >>I don't think Christophe had to start over. Even after two years since the last >>release Tiger 15.0 still does very well against all the _newest_ versions of >>it's rivals. >> >>Unlike most professional programmers, Christophe just doesn't release a new >>version "just because it's after the WCCC" or "Just because it is Christmas >>season". He prefers to have a significant increase in strength over the last >>version, and is patient enough to wait until that time. >> >>Personally I salute him for the actions he takes, instead of just bilking money >>from users every 6 months for an engine that shows no _real_ improvement. ie. >>Ruffian, Fritz 7 strength vs Fritz 8 strength. >> >>Then again I could just talking out of my ass, and Christophe is sitting back >>enjoying like and drinking like a TWA pilot before a flight :) >> >>Peter > > > >There is truth and wisdom in what you say above. > > > > Christophe Note only that the original poster did not get his impression only because of not releasing a better engine. see the following quote: "is not even optimised to run on the latest ARM processors. It also still uses the old low resoltion graphics which looks pretty poor on the latest high res palms." Uri
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