Author: Jim Phillips
Date: 17:54:58 09/13/98
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On September 13, 1998 at 11:34:17, Ed Panek wrote: > I was wondering, for fun, if everyone who has written a program for chess can >relate to us why and how they came up with tha names they did. Did you know >right away or didi you have other names as ideas also? > > >Thanks Ed Hi Ed, I am almost done with version 1 of my very first chess program. It's written in QBasic and will be public domain so other first-timers can use it. I have decided to call it "Primevil" - a combination of the words Primeval and Evil. I was thinking one day about how quite a few experienced programmers consider QBasic to be "archaic" (but it's great for hobbyists, students, and beginners!). That led me to the word "primeval". And my version 1 will be fairly primitive... but in hopes of eventually having a version that is a strong player, I thought of adding the concept of "evil" to the name. It just kind of fell into place. But before this, I had a list of about 10 other names I was considering. Thanks. Interesting question! 8^D - Jim Phillips
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