7 May
2020
7 May
'20
11:06 p.m.
I wrote a program for TicTacToe back in 1975 for a Monroe Calculator. I had a cheat key
you could use to launch the game which would allow to win, it only would stop obvious
winning situations, otherwise, the calculator would win or tie. My 8 year old sister
played so bad, she beat it in winning mode!!!
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On May 8, 2020, at 1:01 AM, Fred Cisin via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
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There are only a few winning and tying patterns
for tic tac toe. There was
a fellow that made a relay logic that >could play tic
tac toe and would win
against a human of at least tie but never lose.
> Checkers is one of the most complicated games.
> Dwight I am not very familiar with the game theory of
Tic Tac Toe. However, what
you say does make sense and in general I would think the best that can be
hoped for between adult player and a computer is a tie (barring no stupid
mistakes on the part of the human player). However, according to the New
Yorker article the Manrobot beat the human player five times in a row....
hence my quip about the WOPR.
Consider the possibility that the writer took "did not lose 5 times in a row",
and wrote that as "WON 5 times in a row".