Yes, it is indeed terrible how people such as myself have to ruin everything. The nit picky truth is such a pain in the fundament. And we were all having such fun too. Obviously I have never written a chess program myself, because if I had, I would surely stand in mute awe at this impressive achievement. And it is impressive; testing out hundreds of versions of code to find the one with the smallest footprint. I would never have the patience to do that. I just agree with Sigma 7 that the record for a program that plays real chess would be of greater interest to me. I don't mind losing 3-time repetition or the 50-move rule. Apparently the vast majority don't mind several other rules trimmed away as well. To each their own.
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Yes, it is indeed terrible how people such as myself have to ruin everything. The nit picky truth is such a pain in the fundament. And we were all having such fun too. Obviously I have never written a chess program myself, because if I had, I would surely stand in mute awe at this impressive achievement. And it is impressive; testing out hundreds of versions of code to find the one with the smallest footprint. I would never have the patience to do that. I just agree with Sigma 7 that the record for a program that plays real chess would be of greater interest to me. I don't mind losing 3-time repetition or the 50-move rule. Apparently the vast majority don't mind several other rules trimmed away as well. To each their own.
You say your program plays chess But it's just chessette. I've been to France So let's just dance.