Author: Albert Silver
Date: 05:47:32 07/29/04
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On July 29, 2004 at 03:26:14, Andreas Guettinger wrote:
>On July 28, 2004 at 20:57:13, Albert Silver wrote:
>
>>On July 28, 2004 at 15:57:11, Pallav Nawani wrote:
>>
>>>On July 28, 2004 at 14:38:51, Albert Silver wrote:
>>>
>>>>On July 28, 2004 at 12:16:35, Keith Kaplon wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Thanks for the timely and informative response :-) Wish therre were more Linux
>>>>>engines to test? I know of hardly any.
>>>>
>>>>Actually, unless there's a problem running UCI engines under Linux (I haven't
>>>>looked to be honest), the strongest Linux engine is also the strongest engine
>>>>period: Shredder 8.
>>>>
>>>
>>>Except that there is no Shredder 8 for linux. OTOH, Deep Sjeng does have a linux
>>>version, so that would make it the strongest Linux Engine. Not bad.
>>
>>I don't think you understand. The CB Windows Shredder 8 CD includes a UCI
>>version of the engine. You can take that UCI engine and use it in another
>>interface, including in Linux. In any case, I don't see why not.
>>
>
>
>UCI or not doesen't matter, if the executable is not compiled for Linux, it
>won't run.
>
>regards
>Andy
Ah ok. I was under the impression that the actual engine file itself was
OS-independent, and that if one had a Linux GUI that ran UCI engines, one could
use any UCI engine, and not only UCI engines specifically compiled for Linux.
Albert
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