This is my first shot at this, partly out of curiosity and partly to open a dialogue with members here of a similiar interest.

One area of bridge that fascinates me is computer bridge and bridge programming. I do not mean playing bridge with others over the internet, although that's tons of fun. My interest is in bridge playing computer programs, and programming of this nature in general.

I have played around with several of the games commercially available and have made a few stabs at writing my own, although I quickly came to realize how difficult this is. One needs to be an expert (or nearly so) in both disciplines, programming and bridge, and I fell short of this in bridge. And programming.