Comment Oh do shut up (Score 1) 204
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.