Author: José Carlos
Date: 10:00:35 08/29/01
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On August 29, 2001 at 10:49:14, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On August 29, 2001 at 02:03:55, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: > >>On August 28, 2001 at 19:09:12, Bruce Moreland wrote: >> >>>At the start of the tournament, the rules are made. We play, and the winner is >>>the winner according to the rules. >> >>True. This doesn't prevent us from taking a critical look at >>the rules and results and clearing up a few things. >> >>>The professional/amateur distinction is always a little strange, but the ICCA >>>defined the categories and there is no way that people arguing in a discussion >>>group are going to change things after the tournament. >>> >>>Except for a few details I agreed with the categorization of the programs. >> >>Perhaps you did, but it certainly seems that I am not the >>only one who feels that the current categoritzation is basically >>nonsense. >> >>-- >>GCP > > >I think all the various schemes are broken. Simplest way is what we used to >do at the ACM event years ago. One title. Plus one award for "best newcomer". >After you have played in one of these events, you are no longer a newcomer and >can't win that award a second time, ever. > >Trying to distinguish between someone who works on a commercial program, >someone in academia that does research on a private program, and someone that >just does it for fun, is most likely always going to be unfair, arbitrary, and >incorrectly done. > >If it is hard to do, then simply quit trying to do it. This has caused >arguments since it was first implemented. And it has not gotten any better. >That should cause _someone_ to realize that perhaps the amateur/pro junk should >just simply be dropped. Once and for all. I like the "best newcomer" idea. I guess it's related to the programmer, not to the program, right? Additionally, I'd like to see a "best freeware". It's also easy to define (the version that participates _must_be_ free for download somewhere) and I think it's a good idea to award those who share their work/hobby for free. José C.
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