Author: Will Singleton
Date: 19:25:42 04/10/00
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On April 10, 2000 at 21:05:04, Walter Koroljow wrote: >I just finished reading "One Jump Ahead" by Jonathan Schaeffer describing the >evolution of "Chinook", arguably the best American checkers program. > >It is 450 pages of excitement for someone that can identify with the creation of >a program. It is a parallel to Tracy Kidder's "Soul of a Machine". Anyone that >knows anything about chess programs will be able to follow this book easily. I >could not put it down. Luckily(?!) I was ill and could read it at one sitting. > >I am not a programmer (Ph.D. in general relativity) but I can identify. The >excitement reminds me of the time I was working as a programmer for a small >company circa 1970. I was programming at a teletype (110 baud) connected to a >PDP-10 (timesharing-remember?) at 1:00 a.m. Someone had left the door open. >All of a sudden, there is a cop with a drawn .38 revolver (possibly a .357 >magnum) pointing at me saying "What are you doing here?" This was exciting. >Very exciting. I can recommend it for all of you who are jaded. > >He ended up phoning my boss who said it was o.k., etc. > >Well...if you know what I mean, you will love this book. > >Cheers, > >Walter Sounds good, thx for pointing it out. The Kidder book is excellent, imho, so I'm looking forward to Schaeffer's. I remember during the 80's I worked at a software startup that had offices on Hollywood Blvd in a medical building, and crossing the street to the liqour store at 1:30am was an adventure. (Not the best area in LA) Will
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