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Subject: Re: Chess program names (blitzen)

Author: Willie Wood

Date: 17:13:53 01/14/98

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On January 14, 1998 at 14:02:22, David Fotland wrote:

>I looked, and didn't see "Blitzen", so that's the name for my chess
>program.
>Please let me know if someone else is already using it.  It's fast, but
>stupid, hence the name.  8 weeks into the project, it's now rated about
>2000.
>
>David
>
>


Uh, 8 weeks?  I can barely tune my eval effectively in 8 weeks.  Oh, you
must mean that's it's been operational for 8 weeks, and it took at least
a year to write.

I wouldn't use the name Blitzen, that's the name of the ICC interface.
If you want a name that's "fast and stupid," how about Clinton?

WW



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