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Subject: Re: Has this name been used before?

Author: Bert Seifriz

Date: 07:59:14 12/14/97

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On December 14, 1997 at 09:25:08, Jari Huikari wrote:

>On December 13, 1997 at 15:36:05, Christophe Theron wrote:
>
>>
>>On December 13, 1997 at 10:05:36, Jari Huikari wrote:
>>
>>>What about the name 'Alex'? (Nero's "son") Anyone used it before?
>>
>>This name has been used by a french programmer, Yann Takvorian, who
>>wrote a book named "Echecs et C" (Chess and C). It describes basic chess
>>implementation in a very academic and inefficient way (he uses malloc to
>>create move lists!). A compagnion floppy disk can be bought apart of the
>>book. It contains the author's chess program, Alex II, a very slow and
>>weak program.
>>
>>    Christophe
>
>Aha! The name has traditions... :-)
>
>

As far as I know, there is a Dutch program, by Mr van Tiggelen,
which has the name Alex (Aleks), too! Bert!



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