| I began writing a bridge program in
1990 as my wife Candace and I sailed our cutter across the
Pacific. This project moved from pastime to
obsession somewhere between Mexico and the
Marquesas. During the long passages at sea, Candace
began looking for something to read. Since most of
the books onboard were about bridge, she started
reading them and playing my program. Soon, my
program became the second mate on board, a source of
enjoyment and learning for both of us, and it was
duly named BridgeMate. In recognition of the
maturity and added improvements in the program, the
program's name was promoted to Bridge
Captain.
Bridge Captain has come a long way since those
early years when it was first written on an 8088
laptop computer. In 2006 I decided to make Bridge
Captain free about the same time I started writing
Double Dummy Solver. Since then I have
written Lead Captain and most recently Word
Captain, all free programs.
Screens are now more far attractive compared with
1992's Version 1, a text-based DOS program, to
Version 4, a 32-bit program designed for Windows
95 and later operating systems.
However you use Bridge Captain or any of the other
programs available on this web site, have fun. |
