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Re: Strategy algorithms

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From: Patrick Draper
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 01:47
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In article <1h014lINN77l@sauna.cs.hut.fi> hmallat@robin.cs.hut.fi (Hannu Mallat ~ PurpleHaze!) writes:
>I'm planning on programming a simple(ish) strategy game, something
>like Empire. Otherwise I can handle doing such a game, but I have

I think Walter Bright wrote that one. Empire has a long history, dating all
the way back to Fortran IV on a mini, if I am not mistaken.

Does anyone know the history of Empire?  Is the Walter Bright that is with
Zortech and often on the net the same one as the author of Empire?

If it is, we can go right to the horses' mouth, so to speak.


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