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    Interesting... It turns out “inference engine” dwarfs all these and starts earlier. Commented Mar 7, 2017 at 17:22
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    @BrianH I'm just glad we have the data — imagine trying to figure this out nine years ago... Commented Mar 7, 2017 at 23:10
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    @StephenKitt You mean you're glad we have... a search engine? XD (I'm sorry) Commented Mar 8, 2017 at 8:49
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    @StephenKitt - I'd probably agree with that more readily for earlier topics. However I was a CS student in the 1980's, and a professional and gamer since then. I have an AI textbook here at my desk copyrighted in the 80's that discusses inference engines, and with some work could probably dig up the first reference to a Game Engine and Graphic Engine from the CGW's in my attic. Kind of annoying to see people using book archeology techniques to show stuff I remember happening. I'm not that old, damn it! Commented Mar 8, 2017 at 17:23
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    @T.E.D. I'm younger than you but I remember this stuff too, I just find it easier to find references this way than leafing through stacks of paper. Incidentally many issues of CGW are available online and can be searched too. Commented Mar 8, 2017 at 18:18