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Ed English
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an American computer scientist, programmer and entrepreneur in the area of
mobile application
,
internet security
,
e-commerce
, and
video games
. He holds a
Bachelor of Computer Science
in 1979 from
Boston College
. In 1979/80 he was affiliated with
Fidelity Electronics
, where he developed software for microcomputer chess games. According to his
LinkedIn
site, he improved the
alpha-beta
implementation, apparently of the
Chess Challenger 7
by primary author
Ron Nelson
, to double its playing speed
[1]
.
Ed English further worked as game developer for
Parker Brothers
, where he programmed the
Frogger
game for the
Atari 2600
. He is now CEO of the
emergency response systems
company ELERTS
[2]
.
Ed English
[3]
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Dec 25, 2017
Chess Challenger
Dec 27, 2017
Ed English
Jun 30, 2013
Fidelity Electronics
Dec 1, 2017
MCC 1980
Dec 27, 2017
People
Feb 28, 2018
Stockholm MCCT 1979
Oct 12, 2013
WCCC 1980
Dec 25, 2017
WMCCC 1980
Dec 25, 2017
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an American computer scientist, programmer and entrepreneur in the area of mobile application, internet security, e-commerce, and video games. He holds a Bachelor of Computer Science in 1979 from Boston College. In 1979/80 he was affiliated with Fidelity Electronics, where he developed software for microcomputer chess games. According to his LinkedIn site, he improved the alpha-beta implementation, apparently of the Chess Challenger 7 by primary author Ron Nelson, to double its playing speed [1].
Ed English further worked as game developer for Parker Brothers, where he programmed the Frogger game for the Atari 2600. He is now CEO of the emergency response systems company ELERTS [2].
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