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Subject: I wonder.... wasn't PGN developed as a *computer* standard?

Author: Jeroen van Dorp

Date: 11:32:06 05/04/02

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On May 04, 2002 at 11:12:18, Thorsten Czub wrote:

>the format is not senseful for human.
>and i am human too.

To be honest, I thought that the format was developed to provide a standard for
computer programs, not for humans.

And in reality, I hardly read the PGN. I copy and paste it in my chess programs
- again - because I thought *that* was the objective of the portable game
notation standard.
Readability is no added value, it's just a nice incidental.

Most game formats are unreadable in text format. Take a look at ChessBase's CBH
in a word processor, but does anyone consider *this* to be a problem?


J.

• Re: I wonder.... wasn't PGN developed as a *computer* standard? Odd Gunnar Malin 12:19:56 05/04/02
  • Re: I wonder.... wasn't PGN developed as a *computer* standard? Jeroen van Dorp 12:45:25 05/04/02
    • Re: I wonder.... wasn't PGN developed as a *computer* standard? Odd Gunnar Malin 13:04:21 05/04/02
      • Re: I wonder.... wasn't PGN developed as a *computer* standard? Jeroen van Dorp 13:33:12 05/04/02
        • Re: I wonder.... wasn't PGN developed as a *computer* standard? Jeroen van Dorp 13:35:58 05/04/02
          • Re: I wonder.... wasn't PGN developed as a *computer* standard? Odd Gunnar Malin 14:14:24 05/04/02
• Re: I wonder.... wasn't PGN developed as a *computer* standard? Miguel A. Ballicora 11:57:20 05/04/02
  • Re: I wonder.... wasn't PGN developed as a *computer* standard? Jeroen van Dorp 12:19:22 05/04/02

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