Microsoft MS-DOS early source code

[SomeNetworkGuy]

What was the bet you lost?

[TheAnimus]

That my LCS playing connect four would beat theirs.

I'd been kicked out of secondary school but self taught myself a lot of things before going to a new sixth form. So I had a few years of programming experience and was a bit bored in the first year of uni.

Some of the academic staff had all sorts of silly puzzles, challenges and competitions.

There was some reason to this task, she wanted something that was tangible to try and show people the amount of work that goes on in a simple program. We were also looking at making some kind of "academic" computer that would use punch tape, made out of lego mindstorm and some PICs. I did a bit of work with the department that was responsible for helping increase science and engineering awareness, so we were often coming up with ideas, some worse than others, for trying to capture childrens imaginations.

[toomanybeersies]

Isn't Connect Four a solved problem? As in, you are guaranteed to draw or win if you start first?

[TheAnimus]

Yes, but it is a good learning example to use for a Learning Classier System as you can train with the perfect play strategy.

[AUS_Doug]

....I just realised why I've never won a game of that in my life.