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Subject: Re: World championship titles

Author: James B. Shearer

Date: 09:42:04 06/07/98

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On June 05, 1998 at 04:01:14, Bruce Moreland wrote:

>I'm not sure why the professional title exists, since the professional
>entries are supposed to win the whole thing.

       Obviously the title exists so that a program which is not
actually the world champion can still advertise itself as the world
champion.  Kind of like "import car of the year" and "domestic car of
the year".
       This may not be exactly "fraudulent", but it is not exactly
honest either.
                        James B. Shearer



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