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Subject: Re: Just interested in the main reason you're programming!

Author: Andrew Williams

Date: 10:55:30 01/19/03

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On January 19, 2003 at 13:37:43, Albert Bertilsson wrote:

>Hello! I'm a newcomer to the area of chess programming and I'm just curious why
>there are so many chess programmers.
>
>So why do you do it?
>a) The money I make from it.

LOL! No!

>b) The challange in writing a good chess engine is so entertaining.

Definitely

>c) To beat a particular chess playing friend.

I've got lots of friends who have their own programs. It's always nice when I
can beat them :-)

>d) To beat the human race and prove computers are better (at chess at least).

Couldn't care less. That is inevitable anyway (at chess at least).

>e) Because I'm so good at it.

LOL!

>f) I've got nothing else to do.

It's the other way around. I've got nothing else to do because of my chess
program.

>g) Some one talked me into it.
>h) Something else.

It's pretty addictive.


Andrew



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