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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