In that context you are clearly right. My comments were generic. I should also perhaps have mentioned the C arithmetic-to- true|false convention, an instance of which is apparently what we are dealing with here.
The design decision to use this scheme is a very poor one because it is radically uninformative. It may well be possible for someone to improve his chess by being told just the outcomes, win or lose, of his matches; but his progress will be slow indeed. John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
