Re: Install GnuChess for MS-DOS

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From: Dann Corbit
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2002 07:01

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"Michael Arber" <thearbers@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
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> It sounds like you are recommending Cygwin, yes?  I just recently
downloaded
> DJGPP so I have no real affinity for it yet.  I read the Cygwin FAQ so I
> have a sense for their differences.  I had the impression that
executables,
> like gnuchess, built with DJGPP would run faster than those built under
> Cygwin.  Is that incorrect?


That is incorrect.  DJGPP binaries will have no appreciable speed benefit
over Cygwin.

You might also consider some of these free compilers:
http://www.digitalmars.com/
http://www.openwatcom.org/
http://www.borland.com/bcppbuilder/freecompiler/

HTH.
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From: "Dann Corbit" <dcorbit@connx.com>
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