Author: Vasik Rajlich
Date: 03:52:48 05/29/05
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On May 28, 2005 at 14:46:05, Alexander chessplayer wrote: >Can anybody list ALL purposes why people steel create more and more chess >engines? I think generally you find three major motivations in computer chess: 1) sporting/competitive - to compete in a field with a clear-cut measuring stick & make the strongest (or realistically n-th strongest) program 2) scientific - to test various algorithms and come to hopefully generalizable conclusions about their value 3) artistic - to sketch a program as a working collection of appropriate parts, to implement in a consistent and (for lack of a better word) pleasing manner Personally I'm probably closest to #3 but as with everyone else all of the components are involved. In fact - anybody who really likes to develop software (as opposed to using it as a means to an end) is probably heavily motivated by #3. Vas
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