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

Author: Frank Phillips

Date: 10:59:44 01/19/03

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On January 19, 2003 at 13:55:30, Andrew Williams wrote:

>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

Yes I used to think playing chess was a bad addiction, but this is worse.

Frank



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