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Subject: Re: If hiarcs can port to mac os then why can't others??

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 14:54:53 01/07/05

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On January 07, 2005 at 01:42:15, ERIQ wrote:

>I think some programmers are just getting lazy.

The professional programs want return for their money.  They don't do ports just
for the fun of it.  Worse for Linux users than for Mac users.  How many
professional chess programs are there for Linux?  I don't know of any.

The amateur programs probably have a single platform to develop on most of the
time.  They are not going to spend a few thousand dollars on another machine and
software to develop on another platform unless they already have that stuff.  I
think Will Singleton has both platforms, but most amateur programmers won't have
that.

The open source programs can be ported anywhere you like, if you want to expend
the effort.

Some links you might like:
http://www.sigmachess.com/
http://members.aol.com/Macchess/
http://directory.google.com/Top/Games/Video_Games/Recreation/Board_Games/Chess/Macintosh/
http://debian.lcs.mit.edu/pub/info-mac/game/brd/
http://www.ekimsw.com/chessworks/
http://www.schubert-it.de/

I am guessing Hiarcs Mac is the strongest.  Just a wild guess, though.



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