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Subject: Re: smiley in program output

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 15:12:23 10/23/01

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On October 23, 2001 at 17:17:54, Josh Strayhorn wrote:

>On October 23, 2001 at 16:26:48, Dann Corbit wrote:
>
>>On October 23, 2001 at 14:30:20, Georg v. Zimmermann wrote:
>>
>>>Heh,
>>>
>>>I thought I was the only one using smileys/emoticons in my engine's output :)
>>
>>I really like it.  Mint also uses this technique:
>>http://www-und.ida.liu.se/~chrso085/mint/
>
>I happened to play Mint once with "show thinking" on, and noticed this.  I felt
>bad beating it, like I was gradually crushing this poor program's spirit.  So I
>"blundered" a couple of pieces and let it win.  Everybody happy.

I've done the same thing several times.
Except that the blunders weren't intentional.
;-)



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