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Subject: Why the sudden urge to proclaim programs as GMs?

Author: Andrew Williams

Date: 06:06:42 06/26/01


Over the last month, there have been a number of such huge arguments.
I've always thought that it's a bit strange to get hung up on this
question. Five years ago, it was clear that the best micro programs
were not at GM strength. And presumably if you wait five years, PC
programs will have proven beyond any doubt that they are at GM strength.
Surely the time we happen to be living in is the best and most enjoyable,
because we're perhaps seeing a moment of transition between these positions.
Why then the need to convince anybody of anything when you can just sit
there and be proved right by waiting? Is there some particular benefit to
being able to say that PC programs are GMs *now*?

Andrew



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